TaryBiggBall
It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
InformationRap
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
bookgadgetgurl
Love the Movie! But my Mean Ass Mother-In-Law got Ideas from this Movie. She has been Playing the Hand that Rocked The Cradle with My Daughter and I ever since. Apparently she forgets how the Movie Ends. I stay completely away from her ignorant little bitty Bitch Ass. She has done nothing but make a Wedge! Dear Dearly Departed, Please come get her and Please HURRY!!!!
Filipe Neto
This movie is, perhaps, one of the most famous thriller of the eighties. It starts well, with a babysitter full of lousy intentions integrating into the bosom of a family she intends to destroy slowly, like a snake that suffocates its prey before killing. The problem is the director (Curtis Hanson) and the screenwriter weren't able to properly exploit the potential inherent in such an issue. There is so much that could be better and more intense! But, instead of a more fearless approach, they preferred to bet on usual thriller clichés and the result is obvious: the film has quality and very good scenes but its generally predictable and warm, never getting to fully fulfill our expectations. The ending is exaggerated and a bit out of place, when compared to the film itself.Rebecca De Mornay is one of the reasons to give this film a chance: the actress truly strives and manages to build a character that perfectly balances purest cruelty with the most angelic appearance we could imagine. She looks like a saint, but she's capable of things that would make the Devil laugh with satisfaction, and that duality makes her very appealing and sinister. Annabella Sciorra is the typical girl in distress and her character seems not to have been so elaborate or to have been thought of as the antithesis of De Mornay's character. I think this strategy didn't work out very well, as Sciorra's character is too flat and empty. Ernie Hudson looks great but Julianne Moore and Matt McCoy have small characters and they haven't had a chance to show real talent.
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.
TheBlueHairedLawyer
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle has elements of While the Children Sleep (2007) and The Babysitter (1980). It's a mystery/horror with a lot going for it, decent acting, an intriguing story and the ending was amazing.Here's a plot, I'll try not to give away the details: Claire and Micheal are a happy couple expecting a baby (they have a daughter named Emma as well). Claire, during a gynecology appointment, is molested by the doctor, and after Claire reports him he kills himself. His wife decides to pretend to be a nanny to get at the family after Claire's baby is born, calling herself Peyton and slowly dismantling the whole family, from framing the very kind mentally challenged man working to build a fence in their yard to destroying the reputation of Claire's best friend, a real-estate agent named Marlene. The question is, how far will "Peyton" go to get her revenge, and who will survive? The Hand That Rocks The Cradle is a great movie to pass the time, but what I liked most was the ending SPOILERS!!! Peyton tries to kill Claire's two children but Solomon, the man who Peyton framed for supposedly molesting Emma even though he didn't, and he helps the two children escape, risking his own life to save them. It's an extremely memorable scene.Some of the better actors/actresses in this movie were Julianne Moore and Ernie Hudson and Annabella Sciorra. The soundtrack wasn't bad and if you have a spare hour and a half it's a great movie to check out! It does have the off one or two sappy Lifetime Movie-type moments but those can be overlooked.
