Pânico nos Bastidores

Um enredo decentemente iniciado, durante o qual não se aborrece nem por um segundo, mas cujo ponto de partida final funciona de alguma forma a meio gás. Comparado com os melhores filmes de Alfred Hitchcock, Pânico nos Bastidores não é tão forte na realização, mas dentro do género e do seu tempo está decentemente acima da média. A atuação agradável de Jane Wyman. Marlene Dietrich exagera bastante. (12/11/2003)

This film was literally "made" by two songs performed by Marlene Dietrich, "The Laziest Gal in Town" (lyrics by Cole Potter) and "La vie en rose" (lyrics by Édith Piaf), whether you like it or not. Hitchcock's films are by no means just imbued with only his personality. Or those unreliable narrator-type improvements. But even in her day, it was mistakenly hoped that Jane Wyman could make it alongside Marlene. Well, that was a naive idea. It's not 'cause I wouldn't / It's not 'cause I shouldn't, honey / And, you know, that it's not 'cause I couldn't / It's simply because I'm the laziest gal in town... (13/02/2009)

This film is at times too convoluted for my taste, and I think it's also a bit longer than necessary, but it's still fun and the surprise ending is really impressive. An amazing Marlene Dietrich and an excellent score (if I didn't know it was composed by Leighton Lucas, I would have guessed early Bernard Herrmann). (11/02/2017)