Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

a-cady When the film starts the music gives off a suspense horror movie feel. Scenes were very dark extra dark while the only light was seen on each character. I figure that the audience saw a lot of shadows. Storyline wasn't confusing it was pretty interesting to follow. The quality of this film was crisp very clear showing how cameras were changing and improving.

ashleyrosencrans I liked this movie, it had an interesting plot that really kept me watching. It took me probably 15 minutes in to actually realize what was going on but I eventually got it. I feel like this movie could be identified as a thriller, crime, and/or drama movie because it had characteristics of each. It was also a fairly dark film. The investigator was really good at his job. I could predict how the movie would end but it was still a good watch. I like mystery movies.

gnc98 Orson Welles' The Stranger is a crime film that tells the story of an ex-Nazi on the run and the federal agent who is after him. The plot here is simple enough, but the writing is very good which allows it to rise above similar movies. There's a mystery element to it, but it's handled in a way where the audience knows who the agent is after. It's a solid film with great acting (even from minor characters) and it has that Welles charm. The character interactions feel genuine, and honestly the film is just pleasant (despite the dark plot points). There's just something about it that feels right. I do have some minor complaints however. Continuity is shaky sometimes as the film transitions from one shot to another. The part that bugged me the most was when the agent character, Mr. Wilson is speaking to a store clerk while playing checkers. Whenever the camera is facing the clerk, his right hand is on the table. When the camera is on Mr. Wilson, the clerk's left hand is on the table. Normally something tiny like that wouldn't bother me, but they go back and forth so frequently it's hard not to notice. There were other minor things as well, such as doors or things in the background not perfectly lining up, but nothing was to the same degree as the clerk scene and they were more or less passable. The other thing that irked me was plot related. About halfway through the movie, Mr. Wilson is showing Mary Longstreet, the ex-Nazi's wife, footage of death camps from the holocaust and is trying to convince her to help him catch her husband. He then explains different things from the footage, and begins to credit her husband for their existence. He specifically states that her husband was the one to "conceive the theory of genocide." Now even though this is a piece of fiction, that's the one thing in the entire film that feels like a stretch. Everything else they say seems reasonable, and the husband even does some terrible things (such as strangling a man and poisoning a dog), but that jump just didn't click with me. Initially he was just a Nazi on the run, and now all of a sudden he's Hitler's right hand man. It doesn't ruin the movie, but it feels off. I think it was more for the audience than the wife, because even while the husband does terrible things on screen, you still kind of root for him and want him to get away with everything. So maybe making him higher up on the Nazi rank was their way to justify his eventual death at the end. Regardless of their reasoning, the film still stands on its own, even with a skeptic like me.

aubrimmer I had heard some pretty negative things about this film but it was a pretty good "thriller". Welles films tend to have a theme surrounding the main male character and his dark past but they also always have those long shots that seem to draw you in to the film and the story. "The Stranger" is definitely different from his other films I have seen because it was more classic Hollywood and less original Orsen Welles but that was intentional.Orson Welles not only directs but plays the leading role in his films a lot of the time. He does a great job of showing the conflicted protagonist who can also be gentle and loving. The story was interesting and capture the viewer with its plot. This movie was a good film, not the best of Welles but definitely enjoyable.Typical to Welles style of directing, there were some really nice long shots but with the scenes capturing the snow it took on a magical feel with the result. The scenes would have dark lighting but that sis typical to noir films. I think the best shot scenes of the film were the ones showing everyday life of the town in the winter. The scenes shot with the snow just took on a different feel of the film to almost contrast the plot of this noir film.