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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrShot in astonishingly elaborate long takes, this is the kind of film that finds the most brilliant poetry in the slightest movement of the camera—a paradigm of cinematic expression.
- If Under Capricorn is not Hitch's crowning glory, it is undeniably his most underrated film.
- 75Slant MagazineJake ColeSlant MagazineJake ColeThough Under Capricorn’s dark and twisty narrative eventually unearths everyone’s secrets, it’s the swooning camera that most fully taps into the class and sexual tensions that consume the characters.
- 70The Observer (UK)The Observer (UK)A critical and box-office disaster that the Master himself dismissed. It is in fact a fascinating film, and was revered in France by Truffaut and others as Les amants du capricorne. [02 Apr 2006, p.10]
- 60Time OutGeoff AndrewTime OutGeoff AndrewSlow, a mite predictable, and rather verbose, the film nevertheless has an elegance (thanks to long, sweeping takes) and a poignant romanticism that looks forward to Hitchcock's more pessimistic account of human relationships in Vertigo.
- 60EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonThis has many more plus points than critics at the time were willing to admit.
- 60The TelegraphThe TelegraphDespite its great cast, this is certainly not one of Hitchcock's triumphs. [28 Sep 2013, p.40]
- 50The New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe New York TimesBosley CrowtherIt is an overlong, overlabored essay on the torments of conscience and love which Mr. Hitchcock has beautifully filmed in Technicolor but pointed in glaring blacks and whites.
- 40The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelA Hitchcock stinker, set in Australia in the early 19th century (though shot in England).
- UNDER CAPRICORN is talky and static, with little of Hitchcock's trademark suspense.