Gresh854 Being a humongous fan of Chinatown, one of my all-time favorites, I had contrived myself with massive expectations for Rosemary's Baby-which I have been anticipating for many many months-and I'm completely appalled that this film somehow, effortlessly exceeded them. The biggest compliment I can give this movie is that the characters provided in the story don't feel like actors/actresses portraying a part, they feel like real people attending their everyday lives. I felt like I was baselessly peeping into the lives of real people experiencing real traumatic events, and that's saying a lot since some seriously berserk stuff goes down in this film. Rosemary's Baby is doubtlessly one of the most persuasive, and unsettling dramatic thrillers I have ever gutted. It's parallels to difficult and more burdensome themes that other films wouldn't dare explore, are boldly risky yet decidedly respectable. Rosemary's Baby is the upholding standard (or literal definition) of flawless "psychological horror." Despite my considerably negative feelings towards Polanski as a person, as a filmmaker, I can give him top-credit for his masterful direction and perfect writing that can simply not be compared with against any other household name during the era in which Rosemary's Baby was released (AKA, the 60s). (Verdict: A+)

oldcrow74-881-166956 My reaction at the end was "So that's it? THAT was the great Rosemary's Baby?". Meh. I had avoided seeing it for 50 years, and I should've made it another 50. It was long, slow, very slow, and the ending was a total letdown. After the endless build-up, I was primed for a big surprise plot twist at the end that would make me jump out of my seat. Or something that would leave me thinking and scratching my head. Or even something ambiguous that would leave me wondering what was real and what wasn't. But no. Nothing. Nada. Her suspicions were confirmed. That was it. There's no horror, no thrills, no chills, no suspense or surprises. There is, on the other hand, a host of annoying characters and several plot devices that go unexplained. WTF did she cut her hair for, other than to give Vidal Sassoon at least 2 plugs that had nothing to do with the storyline?It wasn't a total bore, but I kept pausing it to check my email and catch up on my Facebook. Oh, well. I can cross another "classic" off my list.

duccshmucc Why did roman blue ball us by not showing the baby? im sick of movies made out of reaction shots where the actual story is hidden from the audience. why would i want to look at the faces of actors expressing emotions that i should supposedly be feeling by watching, but get not even get to look at what the story is. looking at horrified faces wont make me feel horror in the slightest. its just taunting watching these actors talk about some satan baby that we get to see none of. the story was decent enough and the acting was good to its credit still.

rortrain I am giving this movie an 8 because as a movie it is extremely carefully constructed, the acting is superb, it has a very good atmosphere . Roman Polanski put a lot of care to create a good movie. But the problem is to call this movie a horror movie. There are horror elements but they are too weak, too few, The movie is submerged with too much realism for a witchcraft and horror standard, do not forget that this is a movie about witchcraft and the supernatural elements are too weak, the movie sounds more like a drama, too often. The suspenseful atmosphere becomes too weak at times to be called a horror movie.