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Year
1945
Runtime
91 min.
Directors
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Genres
Drama, Romance
Rating *
7.6
Votes *
6,628
Checks
2,328
Favs
181
Dislikes
31
Favs/checks
7.8% (1:13)
Favs/dislikes
6:1
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  1. Siskoid's avatar

    Siskoid

    Wendy Hiller is pretty great in I Know Where I'm Going, a British film where she plays a woman who's always known what she wanted and found a way to get it. Except this time, Scotland may have other ideas. See, she's got into her head to marry a rich industrialist who's renting up there, and it's all been arranged. Now if only she can keep herself from changing her mind once in-country, especially after she meets the charming laird of the island. For the most part, it's a showcase for the Scottish locations and Scottish culture, all quite charming. But the film also plays with useful motifs, in particular legends surrounding dangerous whirlpools (fairly well executed on the physical plane) as they relate to Hiller's dilemma, and a crucial curse on the laird's abandoned castle. The stuff with the falconer's escaped bird also adds to the film's thematic resonance. A bit of comedy, a bit of drama, a bit of romance, a bit of danger, a weird dream sequence, a lot of good writing and staging... I'm sold. 4 years 10 months ago
  2. aussieflickfan's avatar

    aussieflickfan

    If you hear about this film, you will know if it sounds interesting or not once you hear the plot. If you don't find that interesting, go no further as you won't be going in with the right attitude. The setting is so different to many, but the themes are universal. So original. Now an all time favourite. 13 years 5 months ago
  3. Jonathan_Hutchings's avatar

    Jonathan_Hutchings

    By all accounts, this is an assembly line romantic comedy, but any elevation of the material is due to Pressburger's tight script and Powell's inventive directing. 12 years 4 months ago
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  1. This movie ranks #13 in Time Out's The 101 Most Romantic Films
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  4. This movie ranks #85 in iCheckMovies's 1940s Top 100
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  6. This movie ranks #174 in BFI's 360 Classic Feature Films Project
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  9. This movie ranks #261 in Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
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  10. This movie ranks #308 in David Thomson's Have You Seen?
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  11. This movie ranks #396 in TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films
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  12. This movie ranks #398 in The New York Times's Book of Movies
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