The Hand That Rocks the Cradle R

Trust is her weapon. Innocence her opportunity. Revenge her only desire.
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
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  • Rated: R
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 50 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: December 8, 1998
  • Originally Released: 1992
  • Label: Hollywood Pictures

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 47,189
Rating: 3/4 -- This is De Mornay's film and she's a wicked treat, looking daggers at her enemy one moment and then glazing over with sweetness the next. Full Review
Seattle Times
Jul 10, 2013
...A terrific cast...De Mornay's Peyton is a deranged dynamo; it's a crackerjack performance...
Rolling Stone
Feb 6, 1992
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, though it positions itself as chilling suspense, is not even mildly scary; it's just offensive. Full Review
People Magazine
Jul 10, 2013
Rating: 3.5/5 -- At its best, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is a bright, nasty psychological thriller with a joker up its sleeve. Full Review
Los Angeles Times
Jul 10, 2013
De Mornay's performance vacillates so wildly between sweet solicitousness and icy murderousness that it draws as many giggles as gasps. Full Review
Hartford Courant
May 30, 2018
With its banal, docile household threatened by an enemy within, the film is like The Stepfather without wit or irony.
New Yorker
Jul 10, 2013
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is that rare thing, a realistic thriller wise enough not to sell short any of its characters. Just be prepared to become very, very scared when you see it. Full Review
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jul 10, 2013

Product Description:

Rebecca De Mornay stars as a nanny with an evil agenda in this psychological thriller directed by Curtis Hanson (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL). When her new obstetrician Dr. Mott (John DeLancie), touches Claire Bartel (Annabella Sciorra) inappropriately during an exam, Claire reports him. The scandal ultimately causes Dr. Mott's suicide and his wife's miscarriage. Determined to have both a child and revenge, Mrs. Mott (De Mornay), now going by the name Peyton Flanders, poses as the perfect nanny and is hired by Claire and her husband, Michael (Matt McCoy), to care for their young daughter, Emma (Madeline Zima), and infant son. Seemingly sweet and helpful, Peyton slowly infiltrates the family's world. Once she has gained their trust, she begins to wreak havoc in their lives. Claire begins to doubt her husband's fidelity, her abilities as a mother, and virtually every other aspect of her life--including her sanity--as Peyton deliberately tries to ruin her life and replace her as a wife and mother. De Mornay is a delicious villain--all sugar and spice in front of the family but positively venomous when plotting and executing her revenge. Director Hanson crafts his thriller with great skill and attention to character, making this a must-see.

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  • UPC: 717951000774
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