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everything you have heard about this movie is true.

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

If you are an Argento or Hitchcok fan, you will certainly enjoy this. It is not meant to be a typical Argento film, but an homage to Hitcock, especially Rear Window and Strangers on a Train.Harry Potter lookalike Guilio (Elio Germano) spends the time, when he isn't studying German expressionist film (Nosferatu, for example), peering into Sasha's (Elisabetta Rocchetti) bedroom across the way (with binoculars). Of course, when he isn't admiring her naked body, he is watching her argue with her mother (Milvia Marigliano).One day he runs into Frederica (Chiara Conti) at the video store, and sees her moments later talking to Sasha. After Sasha's mother is murdered, Guilio immediately thinks of Strangers on a Train (he is a film student, after all), and decides to do some snooping, much to the chagrin of his girlfriend Arianna (Cristina Brondo), who gets a short shrift.Things get a little dicey when the girls discover he's looking. The video store clerk (Iván Morales) tries to kill Guilio in a Dial M for Murder homage, and is only stopped by his mother's (Elena Maria Bellini) new boyfriend.Exciting suspense with little blood.

Argento's "Do You Like Hitchcock?" plays like a homage to the Master of Suspense,which simply borrows many elements from Hitch works.The opening murder with a candle stick holder marks the film's only real gory killing.The story involves a young film student named Julio who begins to suspect a Hitchcockian deal between two young women when the obnoxious mother of the pretty girl across the way is murdered.Julio remembers seeing them talking about Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train". Several basic Hitchockian themes do emerge from voyeurism,doting mothers and mistaken motivations,but they add very little to overall atmosphere of the film.The lack of vivid violence is also disappointing.Argento's direction is interesting in places,but it can't save the film from mediocrity.6 out of 10 and that's being generous.

Some say that imitation is the best form of flattery. This seems to be the case with Italian director Dario Argento. He is a man that loves to shock with his stories of blood and gore in a genre known as giallo in Italy. Alas, "Ti piace Hitchcock" his 2005 made for television film doesn't quite live up to his previous work, although it is not a horrible movie.Argento sets his film in a Torino neighborhood where Giulio, a young student of cinema, and with a what appears to be an unlimited amount of time in his hands, loves to spy his neighbors from his window. He discovers Sasha, a young woman who is always fighting with her mother about money.Giulio, who loves to watch old films in DVD format, meets Sasha at the neighborhood store where she is about to rent "Strangers on a Train", one of Hitchcock's best films. Federica, a beautiful blonde, has the same idea in mind as she is about to grab the only copy in the store. Giulio realizes there is more than really meets the eye between what appears to be a casual encounter.There are references of Hitchcock's work throughout the story, like when Giulio is taking the shower, which reminds us of "Psycho", which is also prominently displayed at the video store. When Sasha's mother is victim of foul play, Giulio decides to investigate, putting himself in harm's way. Eventually, he is also a target for knowing too much, or perhaps because he gives that impression. Other references to Hitchcock include a "Rear Window" sequence, as well as another one to "Vertigo".The film is entertaining, although the dubbed version we watched on a cable channel was badly dubbed, which was distracting. One can hope Mr. Argento has more blood in mind on his next venture.

Since he started in the business, Dario Argento has been referred to as the Italian Hitchcock. So it came as little surprise that he would one day helm a film called Do You Like Hitchcock? Stylistically, there are differences between the two directors. Hitchcock was far more suspense oriented and rarely showed violence on screen. It was usually referenced by a shot and a reaction. The shower scene in Psycho being the most obvious example. Argento, however, does not shy away from violence. In fact, he fully embraces it. Both create tension and atmosphere in their work and Argento's early work does actually feature their fare share of suspenseful moments. First off, the film borrows plot points liberally from Rear Window (the most obvious) and Strangers On A Train. Fans of Hitchcock will recognize these points and enjoy them. Giulio is a film student who witnesses several fights between a girl and her mother across the street. when the mother turns up dead, he begins to suspect the daughter was in on a plot to have her killed. He begins investigating and soon finds himself caught up in a web of lies and deceit. The acting ranges from good to poor, partially as a result of the dubbing from Italian. This being a TV movie, there is little in the way of violence except for a great scene near the end of the film and the set-piece murder that kicks things off. Oddly enough, however, there is a lot of nudity and sex scenes. Argento is very restrained here and in a way its nice that he took this approach to the material. All in all, as far as TV movies go this is superb. My problems with the film come from an obtuse ending that left me puzzling it out for several hours and a backstory that is never satisfyingly tied into the main plot line. Still, the film is decent and worth a look.