Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

paulclaassen A psychological thriller at its best. Rebecca De Mornay is very good as the sweet, sensitive nanny, yet so disturbed at the same time. This is essentially a story about revenge gone wrong. Rebecca plays a woman who poses as a nanny to avenge the woman she believes is responsible for her husband's suicide and her miscarriage as a result of what happened. In the process she tries to take everything from Claire (played by Sciorra). Annabella Sciorra was ok in her role, but the way she used the asthma pumps were just not believable. Anyone and everyone who has or knows about asthma will immediately know the pumps will provide no relief whatsoever the way she handles them. Despite that, this was a very good film.

Davis P The hand that rocks the cradle is a really entertaining 1990s thriller starring Rebecca De Mornay from risky business. First off, the acting in this movie is spot on from every member, and I really thought they gave a good strong performances all the way through. I also thought that the writing was good, not too cheesy or cliché, in other words, not phoned in. Yes, this thriller may have some resemblance to fatal attraction or another movie like that, but I also thought it contained a lot of originality. This is also one of Julianne Moore's very first performances in a film, with which she of course handled well, as she does in nearly every one of her movies. Some might call the pacing and the events that happened throughout the movie formulaic, but I actually found them thrilling and entertaining. Ernie Hudson from Ghostbusters doesn't have a huge role here but he does have one and I think he played it well. Even the little girl, Emma played her role well. All in all, this is a pretty entertaining and thrilling suspense movie that I do recommend. 8/10.

Leofwine_draca The potentially interesting theme of this story - a nanny integrates herself into a family to get revenge for the suicide of her husband - is wasted due to some flat direction and clichéd situations which threaten to sink the thing as a whole. Thankfully there are some good moments in this mess, but otherwise it's all a bit obvious and easy to foretell. In some ways it feels like a television movie, due to the fact that there's plenty of sugary sentimentalism, and it could have been a lot tougher.Ultimately, though, the film comes across as a bit of a disappointment due to the excellent reception it received when released in cinemas. I should think that good films were few and far between back in '92, and the public lapped up anything that was halfway decent, such as this. Rebecca De Mornay gives a very good performance as the psychopath from hell, nicely subtle too, well that is until the over the top finale where she gets to wield a spade and break legs. Annabella Sciorra just annoyed me though, coming across as a) an idiot and b) very weak indeed. And I was sick of her asthma attacks by the end of the film. Matt McCoy is okay as the husband, but is given little to do, and it's Ernie Hudson (GHOSTBUSTERS) who shines as a mentally-handicapped handyman, who couldn't hurt a fly, yet gets blamed for harbouring sexual thoughts about the young daughter. Thankfully he sticks around and comes through at the end. Julianne Moore makes the most of her appearance as a feisty old flame of the husband, while STAR TREK's John De Lancie is the creepy perverted doctor.While there are a few good suspenseful set pieces (the greenhouse scene being one of them), and lots of clever little mystery twists, unfortunately it all comes across as polished yet flawed, due to the family-orientated, over sentimental script. THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE is good fun, but not the film that it might have been, or, indeed, that you might hope it to be.

gavin6942 After her humiliated husband kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow (Rebecca DeMornay) loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against a woman and her family.What bad can be said about this film? If anything, the role of Solomon could be complained about. Not Ernie Hudson's portrayal, which is pretty good, but the very idea of having a mentally challenged man played by someone who is not. It seems off, just a bit, and some may even find it offensive.What is most interesting is the role filled by Julianne Moore. Honestly, I did not even recognize her! And it is pretty incredible that she is not credited on the back of the DVD case, or on the front. One might think since her rise in stardom ,they would rebrand the film to showcase her...