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The Stranger (1987)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 10/12

10/12: Because I had the hardest time looking for information on the internet, why did the filmmakers have to name the movie The Stranger?

It's like trying to find the right Michael Smith in a telephone directory. Couldn't they have come up with something more catchy like This Stupid Fake Amnesia I Have or What the Hell Is This Movie Supposed to Be About? The whole premise is dumb and insulting to my intelligence. Announcing the woman's identity nationwide without providing her any kind of police protection, the detective is certainly a moron.

What was Bonnie Bedelia thinking when she bared herself for such a worthless flick? Not only that, but she also has to pretend to suffer from amnesia by staring at a blank wall. This cheap acting gimmick wears off quickly.

Nobody escapes from the house like that as shown after watching her family be massacred through the ventilation shaft. Just stay there and hope for the best. As for the black charlatan passing for a doctor outside the hospital, why do that while on the way to perform an assassination?

All in all, The Stranger is a dumb Hitchcockian thriller wannabe.

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