No suspense -- or mastery -- in this 'Hitchcock' biopic

Few filmmakers are as interesting as their movies. Alfred Hitchcock is an exception.

But you wouldn’t know it from the new film, whose title is simply “Hitchcock.” This Hitchcock is a sad little man with little confidence. Anthony Hopkins portrays him nearly pitch-perfectly, but as Hitchcock himself knew, an actor can never save a film. “Hitchcock” might amuse those who know little about the director. But it does nothing to increase our understanding of a fascinating, complicated artist.