Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

daniel_white-40631 "Niagara" does not hold up very well as a movie, plot wise. What starts off as a promising film noir thriller (In Technicolor) soon descends into implausibility and silliness. However you cannot deny the cinematic power that Marilyn Monroe possesses. She is mesmerizing if not a top rate actress. She plays Rose Loomis an unhappily married woman who decides to dispose of her husband (played by a very gloomy Joseph Cotton) with the aid of her lover. Jean Peters and Casey Adams play a couple on their honeymoon whose lives get intertwined with the Loomis'. This all takes place within the breathtaking view of Niagara Falls. Monroe is a natural as a film actress. The camera loves her and she knows instinctively how to play to it. Jean Peters who is a good movie actress in her own right doesn't stand a chance against la Monroe. I am a Marilyn Monroe fan and even in this second rate movie she is worth watching. Tune in for her, Niagara falls and the beautiful cinematography but as for the story line, it's pure second rate

Robert D. Ruplenas "Niagara" is truly problematic film, with many pros and cons.First the pros. The cinematography is truly spectacular. The falls themselves are really the star of the movie, which looks like it was subsidized by the Niagara Falls Chamber of Commerce. The plot is an intriguing one - wife and lover plot to kill wife's husband, who winds up killing the lover instead. Joseph Cotten's presence benefits any movie he stars in. Many of the scenes are shot with a compositional style reminiscent of Hitchcock.Then the cons. Max Showalter, as other users have said, has got to be one of the most irritating screen presences ever. He simply cannot act, and that phony plastic smile makes you grit your teeth. Monroe is nothing to write home about either; she was never a good actress, except in cartoonish farces like "Some Like it Hot." Then are the plot turns that defy believability. Toward the start Cotten's character barges into a noisy party, grabs a record off a phonograph, cuts his hand in breaking it, and then storms off. Jean Peter's character goes for a first aid kit and follows him into his room to tend to his hand. Would anyone in their right mind follow someone into his room after such a display of uncontrollable violence? So it's a mixed bag. Worth a see despite its shortcomings.

Fuzzy Wuzzy Like - WOW!!... Marilyn Monroe has never looked hotter than she does in Niagara. Man, Monroe just sizzles in this flick, especially in her hot-pink dress.This 1953 Thriller offers great fun for the viewer on a variety of levels.(1) Film Noir themes abound (albeit in Technicolor).(2) Oodles of location shooting around Niagara Falls.(3) And, best of all, Freudian Symbolism runs amok.Monroe plays Rose Loomis, an unbelievably ripe femme fatale.Niagara's twisted tale of greed and infidelity has the tantalizing Rose devilishly plotting (with her handsome toy-boy) the murder of her emotionally unstable husband, George. And, what better way to do him in, then a quick, hard push over, into the roaring Falls.Adding to Niagara's thrills - Director Henry Hathaway does an excellent job of squeezing the most out of the spectacular scenery around Niagara Falls.If you're a Marilyn Monroe fan, then you're sure to enjoy this seductively wicked flick.

JohnHowardReid This is the role for which Marilyn Monroe won the Photoplay Gold Medal Award for Best Actress of the year, an award which doubtless helped to secure the 20th Century Fox movie's top-grossing domestic income for 1952-53 of over $6 million. But actually, MM is not in the movie all that much. Not that it matters, because, if anything, her frequent absences give added zest to the scenes in which she does appear. Nor does it matter that her co-star is Joseph Cotten, an actor's actor certainly, but a man with little charisma. Hathaway and the studio wanted James Mason, but he was unavailable. As a second banana lead male, Casey Adams was reasonably but not overly personable and this suited his role as a go-getting but somewhat lackluster company man who didn't seem to deserve a spicy wife like Jean Peters. And as for Jean Peters himself – helped no end by director Henry Hathaway who took no nonsense from his cast and actually placed her in real danger – she gave the performance of her life as the imperiled heroine. Yes, although he could work equally well in the confines of the studio, director Henry Hathaway preferred location work and was renowned for his ability to get the best effects from moody natural locations. He really excelled himself with Niagara. No matter how any times you see this movie, and how familiar you become with its plot, it always comes across with enormous power and charisma.