DukeofNuke wrote: The heat wave was the excuse for everyone to have their windows and drapes open, which allowed Stewart to spy on them. Once that was established, it was no longer necessary.
Exactly.
I just thought that the heat would be used throughout as psychological and dramatic element. Especially with a director so famed for psychological and dramatic elements.
I'll say that I enjoyed it, but this is a movie that has a tremendously huge reputation--so I fully admit that I had high expectations (which I think were reasonably justified).
I am also fairly familiar with older movies and I take the production year into consideration.
And it is in that respect I thought it to be a little light. It was reasonably entertaining, but not much of a suspenseful thriller.