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...will be tested with the release of Sleeping with the Enemy, a subordinary thriller with the requisite tingles and cheats expected of a woman-in-jeopardy melodrama. Here Roberts is Laura Burney, abused wife. Her husband Martin (Patrick Bergin) oozes empathy and flares into brutality. If she does anything wrong, or nothing wrong, he will beat her into zombie silence. So Laura fakes her own death and flees to small-town safety in the care of a solicitous drama teacher (Kevin Anderson). But Martin is as tenacious as he is possessive. The Beast will find Beauty. And Laura will again...
...Nancy Price's novel, Martin was as fully formed a predator as Laura was a prey. And at the climax, she finally got to be in control of their marriage. But this movie is interested neither in getting under a psychopath's scalp nor in making Laura a feminist hero. At its end she is still the harassed girl, misreading signs of threat and dropping her gun at inopportune moments. So the actress must play Laura's fragility instead of her strength. It makes for another indifferent portrait in a bland Roberts gallery. As such -- go figure -- it will probably...
...Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan, David S. Jackson Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Latin America: John Moody Mexico City: Laura Lopez...
...Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Seoul: David S. Jackson Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Latin America: John Moody Mexico City: Laura Lopez...
...will no longer have to wonder who killed Laura Palmer. (Her father...