Notorious

Notorious is yet again another great film by Alfred Hitchcock. Notorious is a film full of crime, lies, deceit, and love. The main character is Alicia whose father has recently been arrested for treason and has committed suicide in prison. Alicia is approached with an offer she cannot refuse, one that could clear her families name forever. She is approached by an agent by the name of Devlin who gives her the details on what exactly she would be doing to help the government, Alicia agrees to help him out and work to clear her families name. Alicia has quite the reputation with boos and men, and she used that reputation to get Devlin, who of course falls in love with her. Throughout the rest of the film Alicia and Devlin play around with their secret love affair, or well lack there of, and work to figure out what a man by the name of Sebastian is up to down in Rio de Janeiro. Alicia has had dealings with him in the past and uses them to get inside his home and quite quickly into his heart. Alicia and Devlin are forced to sneak around to talk to one another and to look for clues into what Sebastian is hiding. The classic traits are all here especially lies and deceit. Alicia works to clear her name but also to be the one she loves in the end. Unfortunately and fortunately I was surprised by the ending of this film, I won't give it away which means you will just have to see it. It is a great film with twists and turns that even surprised me. Notorious is not just a great film noir classic, but an Alfred Hitchcock classic in itself.