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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Awesome!
Review: I really liked this movie alot. It was full of suspense and creativity. Movies that have the effect of realism in them really make them scarier then other scary movies. This kind of thing could happen to anyone and really makes people wonder if they really know each other. The confrontation between good and evil is so well played in this movie. The acting was very well done and excellent. Perhaps the biggest moment of "on the edge of your seat" suspense is when Marleen finds out that the seemingly "perfect" nanny is really Mrs. Mock, the wife of the late Dr. Mock and knowing she can put an end to this evil for good. Then she dies in the greenhouse. So close to revealing the truth, but yet so far! What a great movie!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hottest movie of the millennium!
Review: I saw this first time when I was 8 years old. I watched this with my sister and I loved this film. This came from TV when I was 10 and I taped it. I'm watching this almost everyday because I love this movie! It's thrilling, hot and I like Rebecca De Mornay.

My favorite character is Peyton, of course. I like evil characters and she is one of the kind! Always when she did something bad I was excited. What if someone sees her?

I love this movie and you have to watch it too!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best!
Review: I saw this movie 3 times and I still get
scared thinking about it.Rebecca (who plays Payten)
is married to a man who committed suicide
because he was being charged for molesting his patients.
Payten also looses her baby.She immediatly seeks revenge on the women who started it all (Sciorra)or(Clair).
Clair is looking for a nanny and payten immediatly acts perfect
so she can get the job and revenge.Payten plans on making Clair's husband and two children hers.First she has to dispoe of her.
Find out what she does to get rid of Clair.
The movie is so susspensfull that you literally don't move,Either that or your to scared to move.
Im DIEING to see the movie again.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: saw this in 1992. it is good, or yet excellent.
Review: I seem to be watching a lot of my mum's movies at the moment (first Disclosure, now this), as to be honest, I'm getting a little bored with my DVDs. I need some fresh blood. Which isn't easy when you're limiting yourself to one DVD a week. So instead, I'll just dig around in my mum's DVD case.

I've seen this movie a million and one times now, and I never get fed up of it. There aren't many well known actors, apart from Rebecca De Mornay, Ernie Hudson and Julianne Moore in a truly bitchy role. Madeline Zima also appears in a very annoying role - when her mother tells her to stay put, does she? Does she hell! She just has to get involved! I didn't recognise many of the actors in this, although they all did a fantastic job, especially Annabella Sciorra, who plays the part of an asthmatic mother (although, she doesn't catch on to the fact that all her inhalers stop working at the same time)

Rebecca De Mornay & Ernie Hudson do brilliantly in this, as the psychotic nanny, and the mentally ill handyman respectively. Rebecca works the icy cold stare to the maximum, and almost looks evil towards the end of the movie, although she does sometimes have a certain childlike quality to her. Ernie is the only one to catch onto what she's really trying to do, although I do find her breastfeeding another woman's baby a little freaky. The movie shows a sensitivity to those with mental disabilities and doesn't exploit the mental illness simply for entertainment.

Julianne Moore, in one of her first roles, looking surprisingly young, is a true saracastic little bitch in this, and I wish she'd had more screen time, as she was terrific. She also cottons on to the fact that Peyton the psychotic nanny isn't quite right.

The whole film is brilliantly, although I can imagine some people not watching it, due to there being no "big name stars" in it. Well, no A-list celebrities in it. But if you see it cheaply, it's well worth watching, so go and abuse your credit card.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Lesson in the Importance of Background Checks!
Review: If you are happily married, have children and are planning a night out in the near future, Do Not Watch This Movie Beforehand! You will find it extremely difficult to entrust your children to a stranger, no matter how much that babysitter smiles! I must admit the storyline is pretty predictable in how it's going to turn out, but it sure is fun watching Mrs. De Mornay do her rendition of a psychopath! A nice little tale of revenge of the most sinister sort, with two standout performances: Rebecca De Mornay as the Nutso Nanny and Ernie Hudson as the slightly retarded handy man. Both are extremely convincing throughout, but De Mornay's performance is what has made this movie such a classic. That and the habit her character, Peyton, has of removing her shirt... A must see movie for fans of Horror and Suspense, because the premise is all too plausible and all too creepy!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: An entertaining time waster
Review: If you have a brain, you'll know how this movie will end up. The demented nanny. The saintly, stuttering black handyman whom she has fired. The mousy, asthmatic wife. The clueless husband. There are few surprises in this movie.

So why three stars instead of zero or one? Well, Rebecca DeMornay is effectively chilling in the role. She's pretty believable as the nanny who has her very real reasons for going off the deep end. (In fact one of the few surprises in the film is that she is given a solid reason for flipping out. In fact, I was kind of rooting for her over the very mousy Annabella Sciorra.)

The scene with DeMornay in the woman's bathroom at the arboretum was great. Her character, Payton, was quite soulless, and she made you feel her chill. She never plays a false note. The stares she gave could stop people in their tracks. You really do think this woman could kill.

Worth watching if your expectations aren't for a Casablanca or Gone with the Wind.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Genuine Thriller!
Review: In this very entertaining thriller, Rebecca De Mornay plays a woman who seeks revenge on Annabella Sciorra and her family. Why? Because Annabella filed sexual harassment on Rebecca's husband, who then killed himself; so as Rebecca says: "What goes around comes around!" This film works mainly because of Rebecca De Mornay. She really makes the audience nervous! Amazingly well-done flick is a must! Great on every level!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: De Mornay at her best
Review: It is her best movie. Her looks give you the goosbumps... It makes you wonder if you will ever hire a baby-sitter for your children... A great thriller ; you can watch it & watch it again because there is always a detail to discover every time you watch it... VERY GOOD & BRAVO to DE MORNAY

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The hand that rocks the cradle
Review: It was a good movie with lots of riveting stuff. I do not know if nursing someone else's baby is possible, however. Overall, it was a good performance by all the actors and actresses.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Psycho Movie
Review: It was the best psycho movie I have ever seen. Very mysterious and very cunning. I have been a DeMornay fan since this movie. Thanks!


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