Platicsco
Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Claysaba
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Intcatinfo
A Masterpiece!
Predrag
Nancy Price is a spell-binding writer who knows how to dodge every Hollywood cliché, as well as any happy ending Hollywood can imagine. Whatever you say about this film you got to admit it overflowed with clams at the box office. It is a good psychological thriller about an abused wife who gets revenge on her abusive husband and a story about men who treat women horribly ,then go to bed with them! Martin's beach front house is Big and Luxurious and one very beautiful beach front property near the sea that is trouble in paradise for Laura (Julia Roberts). First, it has a beautiful haunting score by Goldsmith. Next it has Roberts: beauty and talent. Her facial expressions tell the story. Martin looks at her, she smiles back. Martin turns away she sinks to near tears. It's hard not to feel for her. Roberts is an emotional communicator. Also you've got to give Bergin's acting some credit as a an effective mental case. His flat formal language and flying fist tantrums makes the viewer wonder what is next. He is one scary iceman. He tries for complete control of Laura, her dress, her cupboard, her bathroom towels. Laura is pretty well trapped by this beast. I think about the character Laura and find it very troubling that a woman being bullied can feel hopeless and unable to find help. Some have suggested Laura simply get a restraining order. I think a restraining order wouldn't even slow him down: not a man like that.Despite is amateurish failings, "Sleeping with the Enemy" was a huge hit. "Sleeping With the Enemy" is definitely watchable if you have a couple of hours to spare and if you can suspend disbelief and just sit back and enjoy it for the cheesiness of it and the 'easy on the eye' aspect. A great insight to how domestic violence can be at this extreme and how difficult it would be for the wife to escape the violence the amount of planing it would take and the time this would take while still being in extreme danger. The is a great film worth watching time and time again.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.
inforaza
SWTE is a very, very simplistic psychological thriller full of questionable situations - which really insults ones intelligence!Martin is supposed to be a short-tempered and obsessive husband but these qualities are not properly presented at all in the beginning, leading up to the boat tragedy in the sea. And the manner in which Martin "discovers" his supposedly dead wife is totally artificial and laughable.Btw, I think Robert Bergin - with his very, very decent looks - is NOT the right actor for this negative role. He hardly impressed me. It is as if he was deliberately trying to be frightening. I sincerely want someone to remake this movie and create a serious, well-plotted and well-presented psychological thriller out of it – devoid of "insults to one's intelligence".This is a totally stupid film made by – hold your breath! – a very experienced director who'd done some memorable films. And it is shocking that this joke of a film was a big hit! Shocking indeed!On the plus side, I really enjoyed the background music of the film and loved the beach house Martin and Laura were living in.
Rosemary (zelda1964)
Julia Roberts is great in Pretty Woman and Steel Magnolias.In this film,she plays Laura,a wife who finds herself tied to Martin(Patrick Bergin) a wife-beater;Martin is controlling,and Laura only sees his behavior worsening.The drama unfolds,when they're on a friend's boat. Laura uses the storm to escape her misfortune.Martin gets a call from a friend,who suddenly makes him realize he was lied to.Laura moves away and relaxes after a time.She then meets a sweet friend who helps her get over the misery. Martin goes to the university and checks out a friend of Laura's.When he learns of her location,Martin hunts her down; Laura then realizes things "mysteriously" change position and the pace moves faster.The ending comes,when the two are by the stairway.Laura finally finds the guts to shoot her stalker dead.
FlashCallahan
Laura and Martin have been married for four years. They seem to be the perfect, happiest and most successful couple. The reality of their household, however, is very different. Martin is an abusive and brutally obsessed husband. Laura is living her life in constant fear and waits for a chance to escape. She finally stages her own death, and flees to a new town and new identity. But when Martin finds out that his wife is not dead he will stop at nothing to find and kill her.....After the success of Pretty Woman, it was inevitable that Roberts would be huge, and the next few films she starred in would be guaranteed hits, regardless of their quality. In 1991, she starred in two dodgy movies, Dying Young, and this shlockfest.It's the kind of film that has a woman explain a plot point over the phone to the villain, and has someone search for clues in a box labelled 'Laura's Personal Records'.Despite the absurdity of it all though, Roberts is good, and Bergin is the funniest pantomime villain, and plays the role with the right amount of cheese.This is the film to thank when you think of other films like, Single White Female, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, and Unlawful Entry.Its a load of old cobblers, but its funny cobblers.And Roberts looks like Michael J Fox when dressed as a man.
