The defence The Cool Ironist
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Amazing Mr. X
Thriller · Horror · 1948
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...
Movie details
The Amazing Mr. X
“In his eyes, the threat of terror! In his hands, the power to destroy!”
1948 Thriller · Horror 1h 18m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.2 / 10
Community rating
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over The Amazing Mr. X?
For the defence
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Bernard Vorhaus
Written by
Ian McLellan Hunter · Muriel Roy Bolton · Crane Wilbur
Turhan Bey
Alexis
Lynn Bari
Christine Faber
Cathy O'Donnell
Janet Burke
Richard Carlson
Martin Abbott
Donald Curtis
Paul Faber
Virginia Gregg
Emily
Norma Varden
Wealthy looking woman
Court is in session
Put The Amazing Mr. X on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Prestige Tourist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.