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Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

The idea is fantastic, but the realization failed. Don't get me wrong, this is a great movie, but it could easily have been much better.A former professional tennis player finds out that his wife, for which he left his career and from which he depends financially, plans to leave him, so he plans a "perfect murder" to inherit her wealth. When things go wrong, he improvises a nearly perfect plan B. The original and the plan B are well designed, the film follows an intelligent and well-written outwitting of the main protagonists, and the story is so interesting that many will not even notice that the whole film takes place in one room with only a few characters. But this "mystery thriller", although very interesting, is neither mysterious nor thrilling, because the most of the "mystery" was revealed to us at the very beginning. The audience knows from the start the entire plan for "perfect murder" and follows the main character at every step of the improvised plan B, so there is no room for tension or speculation.The movie should have been opened by the scene of Grace Kelly answering the phone and the mysterious man attacking her from behind. From there they could build plot further, with occasional flashbacks to the time before the attack, where mystery would slowly unfold. If the audience observed the story from the angle of Grace Kelly or the police, instead of a man who devised the crime, the movie could have been straight ten. This way I rate it eight and, if it was made a few decades later, even that would be too high. 8/10

An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B. Dial M for Murder is just as stylish as both 'Rear Window' and 'Psycho' were but unfortunately the storyline is just not as good as those film were, the acting is very good alongside the cinematography and that very good Hitchcock amount of atmosphere but the tension and the suspense is just not there i'm afraid and it's disappointing cause this movie had some very good things about it and some not to good things about it and it's meh. (5/10)

Dial M for Murder by Alfred Hitchcock is a crime/thriller. Starring Ray Milland, Grace kelly,and Robert Cummings. the film is set in London.Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) a retired tennis player has found out that his wife doesn't love him anymore. In response to this Tony wants to kill his wife. He follows someone that he knew form college and tricks him into having to listen to his bribe to kill his wife. Tony bribes the man with 1,000 but payed 100 pounds in advance. The plan is drawn out and as it is being executed the plan goes wrong and Tony quickly must make a plan B.Like in all Alfred Hitchcock movies there is a huge amount of camera work. Hitchcock uses camera angles to show how close the people are and emotions. The closer they are in his wide shots the closer they are in a relationship. Instead of using the actors voice more he uses their faces and their reactions to specific scenes to show their emotions.The acting in this movie is outstanding. You can really see the improvement on acting from this movie alone. You can see the emotion in the actors' face and in their voice.I thought that the movie was very well made and that it deserves a 9/10. I recommend this movie for anyone who likes crime/thriller movies.

Based on a play by Frederick Knott, Dial M for Murder follows a standard formula of a Hitchcock thriller of this time, like Rear Window and Rope, claustrophobic films about murder. Set in London Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) plans to commit the perfect murder by blackmailing a man (Anthony Dawson) he use to know a university to kill his wife, Margot (Grace Kelly). However, the best lay plans go to waste.Dial M for Murder embraces the theatre origins and is set mostly in the Wendice flat and few scenes take place outside. And like a play there was a two-act structure than the usual three and it is a dialogue- heavy film as characters talk about the set-up and events. The risk of this is it breaks the rule of show don't tell, but Hitchcock and Knott deliberately leaves the audience in the dark, especially regarding the police investigation.The film was also made during the 3D boom of the 1950s and it was noticeable with objects being placed in the foreground. The film has more of a depth of feel then most modern 3D films.Dial M for Murder is great for Hitchcock fans, yet it is far from being his best offering, even from this period of his career. Dial M for Murder a tout film, but some audiences might be driven away by its dialogue-heavy nature.