Whirlpool 1950

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: There is no doubt that people will do strange things under hypnotic spell and that the techniques of hypnotism may be villainously employed. But you don't catch this fairly rational corner believing for one minute the hocuspocus that goes on. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Preminger's ambiguous relation to his characters and his sense of moral relativity have seldom been put to such haunting use. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: It's a fine example of the way Preminger, on occasion, managed to deflect routine melodrama into something more personal and profound. Read more

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