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Rebecca
- 2020
- PG-13
- 2h 3m
A young newlywed arrives at her husband's imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives on in the h... Read allA young newlywed arrives at her husband's imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives on in the house long after her death.A young newlywed arrives at her husband's imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives on in the house long after her death.
- Director
- Ben Wheatley
- Writers
- Jane Goldman
- Joe Shrapnel
- Anna Waterhouse
- Stars
- Lily James
- Armie Hammer
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Director
- Ben Wheatley
- Writers
- Jane Goldman
- Joe Shrapnel
- Anna Waterhouse
- Stars
- Lily James
- Armie Hammer
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- 535User reviews
- 166Critic reviews
- 46Metascore
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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- Mrs. de Winter
- Maxim de Winter
- Mrs. Danvers
- Beatrice
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- Mrs. Van Hopper
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- Mrs. Jean Cabot
- Mrs. Clementine Whitney
- Terrace Maitre D'
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- Frith
- Robert
- Clarice
- Frank Crawley
- Director
- Ben Wheatley
- Writers
- Jane Goldman
- Joe Shrapnel
- Anna Waterhouse
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- TriviaJust as in the book and the previous movie adaptation, Rebecca (1940) by Alfred Hitchcock, the new Mrs De Winter is never given either a first name or maiden name, whilst the late Mrs De Winter is constantly referred to by hers.
- Goofs(at around 1h 35 mins) Jack Favell blackmails Maxim with a note allegedly containing an invitation from Rebecca to meet up on the night of her death. However, the note is undated, so there is nothing that links it to the events of that particular day.
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Mrs. Van Hopper: Show me an eligible bachelor and I'll show you a room full of women acting like they've lost their minds.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Graham Norton Show: Kristin Scott Thomas/Bruce Springsteen/Stephen Mangan/Mawaan Rizwan/Matthew McConaughey/Sam Smith (2020)
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Written by Johannes Brahms
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Unfortunately, this version is inferior in nearly all those aspects. It does have its good things, but of all the four versions of 'Rebecca' it is easily the worst for me. Being the only one to not work, the other three are excellent and more. Visually and stylistically, this 'Rebecca' is mostly very successful. When it comes to the substance however, this film adaptation and standalone wise is a failure. Actually don't think one needs to have seen any of the previous versions or read the book to see how badly flawed the film is, a friend of mine also saw it with no prior knowledge of the source material or previous adaptations and disliked it too, highlighting the lack of atmosphere, shallow characterisation, erratic pacing, messy final act and Armie Hammer as particular flaws.
'Rebecca' (2020) has good things. It does look gorgeous, though in my mind the film would have benefitted from a darker look either in a Gothic or noir-ish sense. The film is exquisitely photographed and the settings have beauty and vivid atmosphere, especially in Monte Carlo. Apart from the yellow suit, the costumes are nice and Manderlay is a beautiful and atmospheric house if not quite the character of its own kind that the previous three adaptations achieved. Clint Mansell's score has parts where it is ominous and stirs the emotions.
Didn't care for the performances on the whole, but Kristin Scott Thomas is very good indeed as Mrs Danvers and there is a formidable quality that makes her very memorable. Sam Reilly's Favell is deceptively friendly but suitably manipulative, though could have afforded to have been more caddish.
However, Lily James and Hammer didn't do it for me in their roles. Actually like James as an actress, ever since her charming 'Cinderella', but she lacks the plain mousiness that is needed for the 2nd Mrs De Winter and comes over as too neurotic in her more haunted moments. Hammer is also too young (especially considering that there is meant to be a big age difference, without it the story dynamic doesn't work) and too handsome, personality wise he is like a bland uncharismatic cipher as well as jerk-ish even when Maxim's character writing darkens. The lack of chemistry between the two really hurts the film and too lukewarm romantic comedy-like instead of the conflicted one it ought to be. The characters are stripped of their complexity and become one-dimensional, the most interesting is Mrs Danvers easily but that is down to Thomas mainly.
Furthermore, the script could have flowed more and is too mundane with no spark. Some of it was awkward too. The direction is too constrained and tends to be pedestrian in the first half and then out of control and too reliant on a horror vibe in the second. The story is completely lacking in suspense and the omnipresent spookiness just isn't there, with the psychology of the characters being too muted. Likewise with the more mysterious elements in the story. The pacing is a mess too, it takes too long to get going and is too deliberate in the first half and then the final act especially becomes very rushed and jumpy. This part of the film is also far too melodramatic, the tone shift is not just completely uneasy and jarring but the second half feels like a different film altogether and in a schlocky horror way, not in a suspensefully psychological way. The ending is very tacked on and did reek of studio interference or of the writers not being sure how to end the film.
In summary, liked the style but the substance underwhelms. Very disappointing. 4/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Jun 8, 2021
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Details
- Release date
- October 21, 2020 (United Kingdom)
- Countries of origin
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Official site
- Official site
- Language
- English
- Also known as
- Nàng Rebecca
- Filming locations
- Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK(Manderley)
- Production companies
- Netflix
- Working Title Films
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- Budget
- $18,000,000 (estimated)
Technical specs
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Color
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Dolby Atmos
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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