Sleuth (1972)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Truly Dreadful Film

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

I envy the viewers who thought this was a brilliant film because I just don't see it. The performances of Olivier and Caine were good of course, but the story itself defies credibility. I had the same reaction when I saw the 2007 remake with the Michael Caine role reversed, with Caine portraying Andrew against Jude Law's Milo Tindle. In some cases, this story is even more outlandish, the clown costume Milo was expected to wear a case in point. Why go through all the machinations to simulate a jewel robbery when it could have been over and done with, without all the nonsense?But the one thing I think eludes most viewers is that whole business about the third shot being a blank. In both pictures, Milo reacts as if he'd really been shot dead. But why? And even if one argues that he collapsed from the fright of potentially being murdered, how does one come to grips with the fact that at some point he would wake up? At that point, would Milo have meekly left the Wyke estate without further confrontation with the scheming novelist? The whole scenario as presented doesn't ring true for this viewer.I've given this picture a one point higher rating than the remake primarily because of Olivier and Caine, and the oddball set up with all the toys throughout the Wyke mansion. For a while this one didn't look like it was headed for the same type of finale as the later picture, but Olivier's character managed to turn things around to it's inevitable conclusion. Though the outcome remained the same for Milo Tindle in both movies, I'd have to say that in the remake, Milo's death scene made a bigger splash.

SLEUTH is an adaptation of the stage play by the same name, written by Anthony Shaffer. It plays out as though it were a filmed play, mostly taking place not just at a single location, but mostly in one room at that.The plot is as follows - an eccentric millionaire invites his wife's lover to his house. The former proposes that the latter steal his wife's jewels from his safe and then claim the insurance. I won't give away any more of the plot, suffice to say that all is not what it seems and the two characters become engaged in a game of cat-and-mouse.Both Olivier and Caine invest a great deal of energy in their performances and no one could argue to the contrary. Olivier overacts at times, which I didn't expect. But both actors are enjoyable to watch in their roles... until all the endless talking without action becomes too boring that is.The problem with this film is that the plot simply doesn't deliver enough twists and turns. The plan to steal the jewels is talked about to an interminable degree. One would assume that Shaffer would have trimmed down the excessive dialogue for the big screen version. But he doesn't appear to have taken out even one line, judging by the film's length, which is simply too long for the story being told here.I really can't understand how this film can be held in such high regard. From reading some of the other reviews, I discovered that it was once listed in IMDb's top 250 films. There's no way that this film is one of the 250 best films of all time. I wouldn't even place it anywhere near the top 250 of my own personal list of films that I've seen. It's technically well-made and nice to see the performances of the two great actors but the film itself is boring and I was frequently looking at the elapsed time when watching it. I was hoping for a surprise denouement at the end of the film. But there wasn't one. The few twists and turns there are became easier to predict after the first one, which admittedly surprised me a little.Overall, SLEUTH is a disappointing thriller. It's labelled as a mystery but the only real mysteries are how this film attained such a high rating and why Shaffer thought it was a good idea to transfer his play to the big screen without making any apparent changes. Stage and film are two different mediums and Shaffer seems to forget this as he made this film.

"Sleuth" is a mystery movie in which we watch a man who invites his wife's lover to his house. There he sets up many kinds of games as he is a fan of games and a lover of films. Although these games are a bit different than usual and everyone has to be very careful with these because otherwise can have bad results.When I saw this movie I did not really have much expectations from this movie but I have to say that this movie surprised me in a good way. I liked this movie because of the plot which I believe it was very good and had many swifts. That was something that kept me in tense in the whole film. I also have to say that the interpretation of Michael Caine who played as Milo Tindle was really good and equally good was the interpretation of Laurence Olivier who played as Andrew Wyke.Finally I believe that "Sleuth" is a really different movie than those movies that everyone has watched because it combines very well mystery with thriller and these two with plenty of swifts. That's something that makes this movie special and unique, that was the most important reason why I liked this movie and also because I could not imagine or expect what will happen next.

I watched this movie over a year ago, and it will forever be my favorite movie. Laurence Olivier and MIchael Caine deliver the best performances of their careers!The plot is intriguing, gripping, complicatedly complex and disturbing. The mental torture both characters go through, the twists that happen within the story are utterly mind bending! With every twist as good as the previous.Whilst Caine is pretending to be Inspector Doppler, we see how amazing both actors are, how Caine can play MIlo Tindle, a hairdresser in over his head, and then transform into a character seeking revenge, and how Andrew Wyke, a greedy, jealous old man who lives in fantasy and prides himself in his own success, goes from cunningly frightening, to completely helpless and distraught.For the whole film to be held by only two actors, should have won all 4 of it's Oscar nominations, but competing against The Godfather (1972), was proved impossible. A film 52 years old, is still better than any movie that has been released in the past 10 years, a film so simple, yet complex, could never be re-created in 2014, it is chilling, gripping, disturbing and unbelievable brilliant!No one should die without watching Sleuth.