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Rebecca

Rebecca

Romance · Drama · Mystery · 2020

After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.

Movie details

Rebecca

“All marriages have their secrets”

2020 Romance · Drama · Mystery 2h 3m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.1 / 10

49.9K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

37 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

46 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Rebecca?

The 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

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ben Wheatley

Written by

Jane Goldman · Joe Shrapnel · Anna Waterhouse

Lily James

Lily James

Mrs. de Winter

Armie Hammer

Armie Hammer

Maxim de Winter

Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas

Mrs. Danvers

Keeley Hawes

Keeley Hawes

Beatrice

Ann Dowd

Ann Dowd

Mrs. Van Hopper

Sam Riley

Sam Riley

Jack Favell

Tom Goodman-Hill

Tom Goodman-Hill

Frank Crawley

Court is in session

Put Rebecca on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.