Review of Jamaica Inn

I write this review having seen 33 of Hitchcock's movies, and for now it's the most disappointing of them for me. I was slightly disappointed by Lifeboat, Topaz and The Trouble with Harry, but they at least had something interesting in their plots. This film is based on the book by Daphne du Maurier, as well as Rebecca and Birds, but among these three Hitchcock made the worst movie of the Jamaica Inn. I haven't read the book, but I'm sure it's far more decent than this film is. Here we have almost nothing of Hitchcock's directing. He made brilliant pictures both before and after Jamaica Inn, but he definitely failed this time. The story may have been represented interestingly, but it isn't. There's no suspense or interesting twists. The film is dull, though it is watchable. If I were some usual viewer who watches only new popular movies, I would have dropped it after 10 minutes. Still, for some good moments, another good performance by Charles Laughton and respect for Hitchcock, I rate it 6/10 - the lowest rating I gave to a Hitchcock movie so far. You can watch it only if you plan to see all of the Hitchcock's movies. If not - you're better skip it.