Arianna Moses
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Erica Derrick
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Corvette
I like most people first saw this movie years ago during a completely different time. Now, re visiting it many years later through more mature worldly eyes, it clearly makes all the flaws so visible now. The most glaring error would be the fact she went out for an evening sail with two men (one her husband) and fails to return home? it would seem that one or both of them might be considered a person of interest? but no, its all wrapped up with a beach side memorial - no body recovered and an untouched house that was clearly not part of any investigation? Secondly I would assume after mustering up the courage to leave an abusive relationship the LAST thing on her mind would be sparking up a romantic interest before she had all her "starting a new life ducks in a row"? yet she falls right away for an inquisitive young man full of questions about her. As the movie progresses we witness the husband gradually get more and more agitated as he realizes she may still be alive! yet when he first lays eyes on her in the arms of another man, he has the restraint to not say anything and head back to her house to start playing mind games. OH and back to my first point, would it have not been more sensible to have the getaway bag of clothes outside the house? that way she wouldn't have covered the floor with wet sand and salt water foot steps! but I guess it doesn't matter because other than a quick wiping of floor in one area they left that messy part out.
slightlymad22
Fresh from her success in Steel Magnolias, Pretty Woman and Flatliners Julia Roberts takes the lead role in "Sleeping With The Enemy"Sleeping with the enemy is a good title, because if the is movie is the enemy, then sleeping is what most viewers will end up doing. I can't complain too much about this movie. Snore through it, maybe, but not complain. Some of it is so ludicrous I wondered whether it was originally conceived as a spoof comedy. I found my spirits sinking the longer I watched it. The opening scenes on the beach were effective and had promise, but the rest if the movie is a complete waste of time. It is essentially a slasher movie in disguise, complete with jumpy soundtrack and a plot that is full of countless holes.Of the cast, Roberts looks good, but that is it, Patrick Bergman seems to be doing a Burt Reynolds impression when nobody (and I mean nobody) not even Burt Reynolds wanted to be Burt Reynolds. He is so cliché, I'm not sure his character is meant to be as funny as he seems. As of the rest they seem to be from a struggling local amateur dramatic group and all just seem happy to be there.How this movie grossed what it did amazes me. My advice is give it a miss. Avoid it like the plague. Tell your friends to pass it by. The acting is bad, bad, bad (Roberts included)
kai ringler
Julia Roberts gives a slam dunk performance as a physically abused woman who is married to a jerk,, played by Patrick Bergin. Throughout the movie she is being mentally and physically abused by her husband,, well after a while she grows tired of it, and decides that she has had just about enough she can take, so one night , he decides to take her sailing knowing full well she can't swim and is terrorized by the water. little does he know that he is about to be set up by his wife,, she falls off of the neighbor's yacht, and he can't find her, so after a short while she is declared dead.. she visits with her mother in the nursing home to let her know that she is okay,, eventually the husband finds out that his "dead" wife is alive, and he starts to track her down and follow her, and find the man that she is in love with now,, very good movie,, I really liked it a lot,, and it features the classic Van Morrisson hit,, Brown Eyed Girl.
tracethompson351
I read other reviews which I found rather amusing. Judging a personality in a film, we all know it is in the words of a movie, the actions and of course end of day an escape to something we may feel in touch with or detest. Life played on screen for the many. The character made a choice in youth. In love. Dreaming it was the life so many desire, her.. herself desired. Romance became jail. Life of being O.C.D for another who must hold the perfect life and trophy wife. Realising life should be about memories, family,love, fun and not chores or being correct she took the very choice she could... RUN... flush a gold ring it is light metal it is mixed with other metals. it should flush. No it doesn't ironically and terror of letting go and moving on ensues, new love never happens when stalked.True love will still however see it through if it is as meant.
