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The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Marion Crane steals a lot of cash from a man whom her boss is in business with. On the way to see her boyfriend, she stops off by an old motel, run by the odd Norman Bates. She is murdered in the shower. Her sister, boyfriend, and a private investigator try to find out where she is, while we learn more about Norman Bates. Psycho is a low life piece by piece remake of the original that is nowhere near as good as the classic 1960's film both in terms of spirit and form but also pretty much ruined the shower scene and turned it into garbage fire. (0/10)

I've a strong feeling that as the years go by this faithfully crafted frame by frame homage to Hitchcock will increase in stock value. The ratings are up now this platform - just look. I'd advise you give the rabid and bitter reviews a pinch of salt and appreciate the efforts of the solid actors and the production team who's blood sweat an tears are in this work. It's not an insult it's the opposite - it's a commemoration and so much a better one than a jaundiced verbal deconstruction. It doesn't mess with the legacy and is a respectfully subtle re-working, at least re-acting with a freshly recorded original score, in technicolour, with some cuts that didn't make the original. It is of psychosocial interest that we've moved on as an audience thanks to the seminal work of Hitchcock as a new generation of film lovers. We can see the girl's rear and back over the bath, of course the blood in riotous red... such imagery is at home in 1998 or is no longer out of bounds. The meticulous nature of the direction allows auteurs to focus on the little variations and bits of licence the actors have employed here - why not discuss like adults the great intellectual estate Hitchcock left us, not rip down this exhibition. Stop people! This is a work of love and devotion and cannot be compared at face value to the original. Saying that, get used to fact that there will be some kids today who'll see this and find it more accessible than the austere black and white - and what do you do - handcuff them into a an old cinema until they swear Perkins is king? And for the record I think Anne Heche is hot in this and and just a little more contemporary in her mannerisms then a 60's office worker. The pure love and attention paid to the thousands of elements in this production, the honesty and the brave mantle taken on of curating a classic that will stand up in the new millennium deserves honour, not rotten tomatoes. Shame on the reactionary mob.

I mainly write this review since I've read so many negative comments about the movie. Well, I think the movie is just fine, the acting is very solid and the story quite interesting to say the least. I believe that van Sant has demonstrated great respect for Hitchcock and picked a great soundtrack. Regarding my verdict: I'd rather watch a show like Clay Pigeon, a comparable movie, then Titanic. Hands down.

This 1998 version of the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock "Psycho" was definitely a remake of the original.Or to put it wisely,it was a shot-for-shot remake of the horror classic.It stars Anne Heche as seductive Marion Crane and Vince Vaughn as the memorable psychotic Norman Bates together with Julianne Moore,Viggo Mortensen and William H. Macy. Director Gus Van Sant tries to provide the contemporary audience of a modern shot-for-shot remake based on the 1959 Robert Bloch novel and it carries practically over the original screenplay of Joseph Stefano as well as the original music of Bernard Herrmann. Too bad that this experiment would fail miserably as it carried over the troubles the 60's movie would provide to present-day viewers like the pacing that proved too slow and difficult and many other troubles.Added to that,comparison versus the original would always be considered such as the performances of the cast which does not match that of the original cast especially Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins as well as the lack of creativity or innovation that it has as the use of audience manipulation by Hitchcock has been commonly used for since the 1960 film has been released. In summary,there was basically limited improvement in this 1998 version except probably that it was shot in color and the use of stereo sound.Sad to say,the special effects used could probably be defined just as a minor improvement compared to the 1960 classic but proved obsolete for modern audiences.