Great Director Would 'Not Approve' Of 'Hitchcock'

by Kenneth Turan, NPR

Few directors put up as convincing a public mask as Alfred Hitchcock. Few actors are as compelling as Anthony Hopkins, who plays the great man, or Helen Mirren, who plays Alma, his wife. But even with these two Oscar winners, the reviewer says Hitchcock is one portrait of a marriage we could have lived without.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, November 23, 2012