What a great entertaining and informative movie. It encompassed the period of time during which Hitch (brilliantly played by Anthony Hopkins; his appearance and voice were exact duplications; remarkable.) was 'coming off' his hit North by Northwest and searching for his next movie idea. That movie was Psycho. The film ended with the successful release of that movie after showing the inner workings of trying to get a film made (in this case Paramount was dead set against financing a horror movie), all the deals and sacrifices that had to be made to get it under production.
The movie also showed the working and personal relationship between Hitch and his wife, Alma - superbly acted by Helen Mirren and also touched on Hitch's fascination with his blond leading ladies. Toni Collette played Peggy, Hitch's secretary and Danny Huston, once again deliciously played a smarmy charming not-to-be trusted character. Hitch's agent was Rothstein from Boardwalk Empire. The actor that played Anthony Perkins could have been Perkiins come back to life; that's how good the casting was for this entire film.
it was fast paced and the dialogue was funny. and the most interesting part of the film for me was the steps that are taken (or at least in 1959) to get an idea for a film all the way to releasing it in a movie theater. There were some mesmerizing scenes involving filming Janet leigh getting stabbed in the shower and Hitch monitoring the first audience's reaction to the movie.
We both gave the movie a 9.
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