Synopsis
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.
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Cast
- Kenneth BranaghRoman Strauss / Mike Church
- Emma ThompsonMargaret Strauss / Grace
- Derek JacobiFranklyn Madson
- Andy GarcíaGray Baker
- Wayne KnightPete Dugan
- Robin WilliamsCozy Carlisle
- Richard EastonFather Timothy
- Jo AndersonSister Madeleine / Starlet
- Hanna SchygullaInga
- Campbell ScottDoug O'Malley
Recommendations
- 100
ReelViews
Dead Again does not come across as a Hitchcock knock-off, but as a motion picture that incorporates familiar themes and approaches while maintaining its own integrity and identity. Not once during the entire production is there an obviously stolen scene or camera angle replication. - 100
Chicago Sun-Times
If "Henry V," the first film [Branaugh] directed and starred in, caused people to compare him to Olivier, "Dead Again" will inspire comparisons to Welles and Hitchcock - and the Olivier of Hitchcock's "Rebecca." - 100
San Francisco Chronicle
Deliciously witty and entertaining… A first-rate thriller, one that's likely to generate as much word-of-mouth as “Alien,'' “Carrie'' and “Psycho'' did in their time. [23 Aug 1991, Daily Notebook, p.F1] - 90
Los Angeles Times
Branagh has mastered the tricky high-wire act of simultaneously kidding the conventions he is being absolutely faithful to, allowing us to squeal with both fright and knowing laughter. His is a film lover's film [23 Aug 1991, Calendar, p.F1] - 80
Time
Yet despite all that boring talk, Dead Again is a hit, the late-blooming rose of a movie summer that was mostly mulch. [23 Sept 1991, p.73] - 80
The New Republic
Even if this film were more gripping than it is, and it grips somewhat, it would be a bit disappointing because it aims so low. Let's hope that Branagh now has the Hollywood adoration out of his system. [16 Dec 1991, p.30] - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The cinematic equivalent of a "good read" - pick it up and you can't put it down; put it down and it's gone forever. - 50
Chicago Tribune
Emerges as cutty, indistinct and confused, full of shots that don't match and spatial conceptions that would look flat even on TV. The more Branagh strains to appear “cinematic,'' the more he looks like a man of the theater. [23 Aug 1991, Friday, p.B]
