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Rosemary's Baby

1968

Roman Polanski

Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Ralph Bellamy ...

7.7

62,998

Horror. Drama Actor Guy Woodhouse and his wife Rosemary move into a new apartment. In no time they befriend their neighbours, the aging Castevets. Rosemary soon becomes pregnant. But when her obstetrician prescribes herbal medicines, which the Castevets provide, Rosemary becomes increasingly sicker. She becomes suspicious of the strange coincidences that start to occur around her and comes to believe that the Castevets, her obstetrician and even Guy ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The brilliance of the film comes more from Polanski's direction, and from a series of genuinely inspired performances, than from the original story (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"
		Anne Billson The Guardian	"Polanski's achievement is in immersing us so completely in Rosemary's point of view that we share her doubts, confusion and suspicions"
		Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"A metaphor for the loss of identity induced by pregnancy. A very sophisticated, very effective piece of work"
		Renata Adler The New York Times	"The movie -- although is it pleasant -- doesn't seem to work on any of its dark or powerful terms"
		Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"Released at a time when horror mostly meant Vincent Price in a goofy cape, Roman Polanski’s realistic supernatural drama was a transfusion of thick, urbane blood"
		Alan Jones Radio Times	"It's one of the most powerful films ever made about Devil worship because Polanski expertly winds up the paranoia with spooky atmospherics and morbid humour (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Variety	"An excellent film version of Ira Levin's diabolical chiller novel"
		Eric Henderson Slant	"So long as there are men in power who are still fuzzy on the definition of rape, 'Rosemary’s Baby' will endure as a cautionary tale (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Noel Murray AV Club	"[It has] high production values and a striking blend of nightmarish fantasy and naturalism"
		Angie Errigo Empire	"'Rosemary's Baby' is high-gloss tosh made high-class horror very expertly by Roman Polanski (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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