Is Stella too concerned with love and marriage?

Whether or not Stella is "too concerned" about marriage and commitment calls for your opinion. Marriage is a frequent topic of conversation during the first act of Rear Window, and this discussion forms the emotional core of the film. Jeff expresses his own opinions on marriage in a conversation with Stella at the beginning of the film. Jeff is dating Lisa, a Park Avenue princess, and Stella can't understand why Jeff won't make a commitment to her. "Every man's ready for marriage when the right girl comes along," she says. "When a man and a woman see each other and like each other, they ought to come together, wham, like a couple of taxis on Broadway, not sit around analyzing each other like two specimens in a bottle." However, that's exactly what Jeff does throughout the film. Lisa's love and devotion isn't enough for him; his stubbornness keeps him emotionally distant from her, just as his camera keeps his neighbors at arm's length. He overanalyzes their relationship, suppressing his romantic feelings for the purpose of practicality. It is not until the end of the film, when Lisa is in trouble, that Jeff realizes how much he loves her, and, just as Stella predicted, all of his analysis goes out the window.