The psychological profession's ethics never looked the same to me after I saw this film. I love it. It does help if you're a Hitchcock fan, as you will pick up on a few references.
An under-appreciated Mel Brooks flick, High Anxiety is a fine spoof of Alfred Hitchcock's oeuvre with a few key parody moments - the shot-for-shot shower scene from Psycho, the monkey bars from The Birds - but generally aims to tell its own story, with its own characters, in a tale that's half Spellbound and half Vertigo. Otherwise, he's quoting Hitchcock's shots, but you're not always sure you'd be able to name which movie they're all from. In other words, a similar formula to Young Frankenstein, but even more distanced from the original work (not to mention the gags that spoof other films). It means it looks pretty cool, and it's a lot of fun besides. Harvey Korman is particularly in good form - I don't think he's given enough credit for his physical humor - and who isn't happy to see Madeline Kahn? If you want to get drunk watching this, however, I suggest you take a shot every time someone asks someone else who they are. Is this a Hitchcock trope that I never picked up on? I don't think it is.
I liked this film a lot more than I thought I would. Had a bunch of really funny scenes, plus it's well directed and has pretty great cinematography for a comedy.
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The psychological profession's ethics never looked the same to me after I saw this film. I love it. It does help if you're a Hitchcock fan, as you will pick up on a few references.Siskoid
An under-appreciated Mel Brooks flick, High Anxiety is a fine spoof of Alfred Hitchcock's oeuvre with a few key parody moments - the shot-for-shot shower scene from Psycho, the monkey bars from The Birds - but generally aims to tell its own story, with its own characters, in a tale that's half Spellbound and half Vertigo. Otherwise, he's quoting Hitchcock's shots, but you're not always sure you'd be able to name which movie they're all from. In other words, a similar formula to Young Frankenstein, but even more distanced from the original work (not to mention the gags that spoof other films). It means it looks pretty cool, and it's a lot of fun besides. Harvey Korman is particularly in good form - I don't think he's given enough credit for his physical humor - and who isn't happy to see Madeline Kahn? If you want to get drunk watching this, however, I suggest you take a shot every time someone asks someone else who they are. Is this a Hitchcock trope that I never picked up on? I don't think it is.Kenneth McMahon
Better than Blazing Saddles!Crentist852
I liked this film a lot more than I thought I would. Had a bunch of really funny scenes, plus it's well directed and has pretty great cinematography for a comedy.It probably helped that I'm a Hitchcock nerd.
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Best movie ever made!