If this is Hitchcock's last film, he couldn't have left us on a more confident and mischievously inventive note.

Out of respect for Hitchcock's stature, and his years, Family Plot should be considered as fleetingly as possible.

Hitchcock's final picture is not one of the classics but has many of the elements that made him great.

This is overlong and plodding, about as clever as a mediocre sitcom, looking like a parody/knockoff of one of Hitchcock's better efforts.