There
are many ways to approach a biopic and "Hitchcock" goes for the easiest
one. It's a choice that results in success for the most part. By opting
for a pivotal moment in the main protagonist's career, writer John J.
McLaughlin was not forced to wade through Alfred Hitchcock's imposing
career, cherry picking what would make for a good dramatic narrative.
Life, not being a piece of dramatic prose, is rarely a linear path. It
takes a bold director and writer to tackle the full biopic approach and
the result is usually what seems to be little more than a dramatized
resume that fails to deliver an interesting central theme.
