 In 2016 the "Los Angeles Times" stated that "Many critics pegged “Suspicion” as a middling effort for the burgeoning auteur" with the ending being a point of contention, although "Los Angeles Times" reviewer Philip K. Scheuer stated in 1941 that the ending being "abrupt" resulted in it being "effective".The 2016 article stated that "Even today, most aficionados place the film well into the teens when ranking Hitchcock’s 50-plus films.