To suggest his psychosis all he can do is superimpose a maniacal giggle on top of what appears otherwise a perfectly normal Norman in speech and manner. Vaughn brings to the role the presence of a short-haired beefy guy who was just discharged as a Lance Corporal from the U. His every move (eating candy corn, with his adam's apple bobbing) and every utterance, the faint laugh, the arid chuckle, is spot on. Who could match Perkins in the role? Perkins is twitchy, bird-like, long-necked, cloaked in an externally charming exterior that masks an inner vacuum. The worst change, without a doubt, is the substitution of Vince Vaughn for Anthony Perkins. Am I acting as if something were wrong?" The officer hesitates before replying: "Well, frankly, yes." That exchange is omitted from the remake for the simple reason that Heche isn't nervous enough. In the original, the officer asks, "Is there something wrong?" Leigh: "Of course not. The scene with the CHP officer looking in her car window illustrates the weakness in the role. And Heche doesn't project anxiety the way Leigh did. And Heche is younger than Leigh, who brought to her fruitless attempt to marry and settle down, the desperation of a woman facing forty. What does the word "credit" mean? How can we credit Van Sandt and his associates with anything except deciding to use different actors, slightly different sets, and color? Anne Heche is attractive but lacks Janet Leigh's stolid determination to become a respectable middle-class woman. You can't watch it without the 1960 film nudging into your consciousness. This is, per se, an above average film but why in the name of Bog was it made? It's impossible to treat it as a thing unto itself because it is an almost shot-for-shot remake of an Alfred Hitchcock classic of 1960.
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