I hate “suspense” movies that rely on the basic stupidity of a character in order to keep the film going! However, apart from these serious problems, the film STILL is pretty exciting–and the ending is very, very memorable. Wright supposedly didn’t want to upset her mother by announcing that he was a murderer, but after two attempts on her life and nothing said by Wright, you just have to assume she’s an idiot! In addition, she did a lousy job of hiding it from Cotten–making her an obvious liability. While the only one who knew that he was a murderer was his niece, Teresa Wright, she kept this to herself–even when it seemed he was trying to kill her!! Now I know that Ms. Oddly, whether he is or not COULD have been held until the end of the film, but the truth of it was revealed about halfway into the film–and kind of took the wind out of the sails. Joseph Cotten plays a man who you think is a multiple murderer. I should point out that IMDb users have placed the film in the top 250, so it’s quite possible I am nitpicking, but I just thought the film could have been better–especially from a suspense point of view. I think this is because on second viewing, I noticed some plot problems that hindered me from scoring it higher. Years ago, I watched this film and liked it a lot more than when I just watched it again. Shadow of a Doubt Movie Reviews Okay, but lacks subtlety and suspense
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