My Favourite Grace Kelly Movies...as told by Letterboxd Reviews
Happy 93rd Birthday, Grace Kelly!
This icy blonde has fascinated me since I was a teenager, and though her film career wasn't a long one, you can't deny the quality of movies she made for that brief period in the '50s before she became the Princess of Monaco. In honour of her birthday, I'm sharing my favourite Grace Kelly movies as told by Letterboxd reviews.
Onward!
High Society (1956)
"You know, sometimes having four Oscar winners (Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm) on impeccable form and a cartload of imperishable Cole Porter songs is enough. You can overlook the lumpy direction from Charles Walters and the insufficiently glittering script. Star power and tune power win the day. And when you throw Mr. Louis Armstrong into the mix – what a swellegant, elegant party this is!" — Fint
"If you can't find a sliver of fun, joy or charm in this little musical adaptation, I'm sorry to report you may be dead inside. And if you're too busy comparing it to its source material, disallowing you to enjoy this in any single way, please reconsider and try giving it another fair shot. You are missing out." — nessa
"All hail Princess Grace Kelly!" — Z
To Catch a Thief (1955)
"It's a shame that we never got the chance to see Grace Kelly's career truly evolve. Her work with Hitchcock gave us some of the most fun characters that were ever present in his movies. Her characters were a little bit brash, definitely confident, so very stylish and their presence was gravitational. She outshines Cary Grant here which is no small task. But she got to be a queen so who am I kidding? It seems like she would have been suited for that too." — Willow Maclay
"This is absolutely stunning. The colours are absolutely immaculate. The vibrant/height saturated look was just beautiful. This is probably my favourite Hitchcock film visually..." — Will
"Not my favourite Hitchcock but like... a heist movie in the French Riviera starring Grace Kelly??? I simply cannot complain." — thorne
Rear Window (1954)
"I love this more than I should. I swear to God everytime the murderer looks straight into the camera, I freeze." — eliasz
"Alfred Hitchcock's best film. The chemistry between Grace Kelly and James Stewart stands out during the opening scene. It has a lot to say about our society's fascination with voyeurism." — wayo diaz
Dial 'M' for Murder (1954)
"Smart people are sooo dumb!! and nobody does a high class psycho obsessed with the sound of his own cleverness better than Ray Milland." — sydney
"Of course, it is centred around the ludicrous idea that anyone would want to have Grace Kelly murdered. But once you forgive it for that, this is so tightly woven and reliant on that one small missed detail that Hitchcock makes you care about absolutely everything that is done and said in this film. You can't miss a thing because that might be what catches Ray Milland in the end." — steveg
The Country Girl (1954)
"Grace Kelly is an absolute star in the film. She plays a role very against type for what she was primarily known for. I swear I didn’t know she was able to act like this. Maybe she hardly got the chance because of her beauty, but I’m glad she got an Oscar for this performance. Just magnificent." — Rich
"Man, the Fifties were wild. They really thought that putting a pair of glasses on Grace Kelly's perfectly symmetrical face would somehow make her a plain Jane. It must've worked on audiences in 1954 because it won her an Oscar over Judy Garland's show-stopping tour de force performance in A Star is Born." — kmarus
"Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great performance by Grace Kelly." — Am8
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What are your favourite Grace Kelly movies? Let me know in the comments!
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