The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay | The Best Psychotic Thriller Ever Is The Hand That Rocks The Cradle!

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	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay Walt Disney Video, 1998 average customer review:based on 71 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Get ready for edge-of-your-seat excitement with the hit that rocked the nation! In this entertaining thriller, Claire Bartel (Annabella Sciorra -- THE HARD WAY, INTERNAL AFFAIRS) has the perfect life and family -- and exactly what Petyon Flanders (Rebecca De Mornay -- RISKY BUSINESS) desires desperately. But once Peyton deceptively becomes the Bartels' live-in housekeeper, how far will she really go when the life she wants belongs to someone else? From absorbing start to heart-stopping finish, this critically acclaimed winner delivers a lively mix of thrills, chills, and surprises equaling 100% fun!

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A little revenge never hurts, right?

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is one creepy film but I enjoyed it. Rebecca de Mornay plays a manipulative and revenge-seeking nanny. I am kinda surprised this thriller is directed by Curtis Hanson, doesn't seem like his type of movie. I won't give away too much but De Mornay's character has been through a tragedy and she will stop at nothing to seek solace even if it means driving a happily married couple insane. I highly recommend this cat and mouse game, enjoy!

The Best Psychotic Thriller Ever Is The Hand That Rocks The Cradle!

This was the best pyschotic movie ever! Rebecca DeMornay is so secretly evil and mentally disturbed yet all throughout the movie she sure does a great job of hiding it and putting on a sweet,innocent facade until the truth is finally revealed about who she really is from the help of Claire Bartel's best friend, Marlene Craving, who, unfortunately dies at hands of Peyton's dirtywork which was originally intended for Claire to face. As the movie goes on it gets creepier and more terrifying, especially towards the end of the movie, when Peyton pretends she has left yet is devilishly hiding in the house ready to kill both Michael and Claire after now feeling betrayed by both of them. The most chilling and cruel scene is the part where Peyton realizes that Clair has an "Achilles Heal"...ASTHMA...and she tries tries to kill Claire by stealing her asthma inhalers and pumping the medicine out of all of them, nearly killing Claire when she suffers an asthma attack seeing Marlene lying dead in the greenhouse and can't find an inhaler that works until it is too late and she collapses on the porch from lack of oxygen nearly dying until luckily help arrives and Claire is finally revived and ok. That scene to me was the cruelest playing on a person's weak point like that. But I guess that a crazy person will by any means do whatever it takes to get rid of someone they really resent and seek revenge upon without feeling any remorse about it as Peyton clearly showed. The other scene that was the cruelest was the scene where Peyton and Claire are fighting and Claire suddenly has an asthma attack while they are fighting and Peyton just looks down at the wheezing Claire,smiling, and saracastically asks,"Something the matter,Claire?" And then as Claire is wheezing to death Peyton bends down and whispers to Claire that she now has total control of the family. But,fortunately, to our surprise, Claire somehow becomes strong and in a rage pushes Peyton out the window ending her and dirtywork for good. What is sweet is how then Claire is ok and realizes that she can trust Solomon with her family and let's him carry baby Joey downstairs as she goes to get help for poor Michael whom was left paralyzed by Peyton in the basement because he had betrayed her by being faithful to wife Claire and admitting this to her. Wow, did Peyton take Michael by surprise in that scene hitting him with the shovel sending him flying over the steps back down on the basement floor paralyzed and smashing the lightbulb leaving him in the dark. I give this movie 5 stars because the Peyton Flanders character is one of the most evil and psychotic characters to ever chill a movie screen and its audience. This movie is the best for anyone who is a true fan of pyschotic thrillers.

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Nanny from hell :-l

What a stunningly creepy movie this is. I still love it after all this time and go back to it every now and then to re-creep myself out. It always gives me chills. Rebecca does a good job at playing the evil nanny Peyton - almost like the role was made for her alone. She is a widow who lost her husband to suicide and an unborn child to a miscarriage. Hence, the anger in her (and vengence).
This is a solid movie with a great cast (and a fantastic Julianne Moore) and while it's predictable, it also has a sense of realism. I really enjoy it and still love watching it. I hope you will as well, especially if you like really good thrillers. This can't be beat.

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"When push comes to shove, you can't even breathe"

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is all about Rebecca De Mornay in what I consider her best role and performance to date. What makes her character all the more scary is not only the fact she is beautiful but because she behaves so cool, calm and collected from one manipulation to the next. As we watch this devious nanny chip away at the perfect family she should have had, we long for her to be dispatched. De Mornay does not go over the top (with the exception of the bathroom stall scene), but plays it more subtle which proves to be just as effective. Through her cold, piercing blue eyes, evil facial expressions and the sinister tone of her voice when making threats, it's obvious you do not want to get on this lady's bad side. Rebecca plays the part to perfection and had she not been in this, we would have lost something great. Another performance that I have to mention is Julianne Moore's (in her earlier work) whose character eventually catches on to De Mornay's intentions. I'm typically not a fan of Moore but her role here is a good one. There is also some juicy dialogue to savor as in one scene Julianne replies to her assistant "You have a Harvard education, make something up." Trivia note: I read that Rebecca sought out something darker after losing out on the role of Tinkerbell in Hook and here we have The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Perhaps this was a venting experience for De Mornay who wanted to play Tinkerbell and lost out to a more popular Julia Roberts (with a bad hair job).

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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle DVD Review

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is a suspenseful film with convincing performances by Rebecca De Mornay and Annabella Sciorra. The lovely Rebecca De Mornay does a fine job playing a vicious nanny. The film also has a fine score by Graeme Revell. It is disappointing that the 1.85:1 widescreen DVD is not enhanced for 16:9 TVs. The picture is of average quality and the audio is average.

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