It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

I like Julie Andrews. I don't like her character in this film. She is portrayed as the stereotypical female of the fifties and sixties who can't keep her nose out of things. She is asked to do some things on faith, and off she goes to defy a simple request. She is constantly in the way in tense situations. But the plot is pretty good and while not a work of art, there is good tension and suspense. Of course, the East Germans are about as helpless as they can be, missing opportunities to put an end to Newman's activities. It is hard to tell who the good guys are sometimes. I have to say that the scene at the farmhouse is classic and shows how hard it is to kill someone without the aid of a gun. It seems endless as Newman and the woman do everything they can and are barely able to escape. By the way, do we ever get to know what happens to her or where she went. I'm hoping this fictional character was able to take off after burying the evidence. The final scenes are somewhat stock (the theatre thing was done already). Anyway, it's a really fun romp with signature actors.

I've learned that the master himself did not like this movie at all. He was wrong - it is, in my opinion, one of his best. Wonderful cast, somehow old fashioned set design, lovable score - all this creates a wonderful, very much exciting atmosphere. The German actors in the cast are just brilliant, first of all Wolfgang Kieling as menacing STASI officer. The whole movie presents Hitchcock's idea of suspense at its best: Just remember the bus-scene or the moments at the countryside, when Dr. Armstrong is confronted with the Kieling-character. The set design in combination with explicit scenes of violence culminate to a perfect example of mid-Sixties American cinema: Looking back an looking forward at the same time. One can just enjoy this movie!!!

I respect the director Alfred Hitchcock and the two main stars Paul Newman and Julie Andrews. Who wouldn't? Between the three of them they have 18 Oscar nominations but only two wins. I was really looking forward to watching this thriller that takes us behind the Iron Curtain and which has Paul Newman playing an American scientist who appears to have defected but is actually a double agent and fully engaged in espionage.Early on in the film we observe that while American Professor Michael Armstrong (played by Paul Newman) is boringly involved in bedding down Sarah Sherman (played by Julie Andrews) Professor Armstrong is also engaged in an exchange of hidden notes and messages through telegrams that he opens and reads in different parts of the ship that he is travelling on. You would think that with the addition of a musical score that Hitchcock could build up the suspense but in actuality I was easily distracted and lost interest in the storyline as well as in the lack of chemistry between the two lead actors Newman and Christie.It just goes to show you that even with a great director, and two super star actors unless you can maintain a flow to the film and without a good musical score to match the storyline the audience just cannot buy in. I won't ask for my money back but I would say that Torn Curtain did allow me to organize my paperwork and make a few phone calls as it played in the background because I was not missing anything that was (not) playing on the screen.Sadly I have to rate Torn Curtain a low 4 out of 10.

Well, a man and woman are on a train, and the man starts acting strange, almost schizophrenic. It could have gone a number of ways... Where it went was a bit disappointing.There was probably a brilliant film here on cold war paranoia, but since the "war" was ongoing at time of writing, the film is positioned a little too heavily behind one side, and feels false as a result. Suspense levels are pretty low, actual scenes of violence and action are very few, which is probably why this one doesn't have a great reputation. Performances are good, however. Its no Vertigo. 5/10