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Cast
- Vince VaughnNorman Bates
- Anne HecheMarion Crane
- Julianne MooreLila Crane
- Viggo MortensenSamuel 'Sam' Loomis
- William H. MacyMilton Arbogast
- Robert ForsterDr. Simon
- Philip Baker HallSheriff Chambers
- Chad EverettTom Cassidy
- Rance HowardMr. Lowery
- Rita WilsonCaroline
Recommendations
- 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Norman Bates is alive and well, and just a tad kinkier than you remember him. - 75
San Francisco Examiner
William H. Macy is fine as the detective Arbogast, wearing a hat he could have borrowed from Martin Balsam in the original role. - 63
New York Daily News
Cold, dull, lifeless. [5 December 1998, p.3] - 63
USA Today
Untantalizingly reverent remake. [7 December 1998, p.4D] - 60
Variety
A faithful-unto-slavish remake of the 1960 Hitchcock classic, pic contains nothing to outrage or offend partisans of the original, yet neither does it stand to add much to their appreciation. - 50
Film Threat
The movie doesn't stink. The performances are good, potentially great, especially Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
In the shock department, the ante has been upped, way up, and a mere kitchen knife through a shower curtain just doesn't cut it any more. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Van Sant's film feels as dated as Hitchcock's, and Hitchcock's has the better excuse.
