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directed by Stephen Herek; screenplay by David Loughery; starring kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry and Rebecca De Mornay; Walt Disney Pictures; Rated...
This winter's surprise hit movie offers no marquee names and no special effects, only a small cup of poison for maternal peace of mind. In The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Rebecca De Mornay plays the Nanny from Hell, who insinuates herself into the home of a trusting family only to wreak havoc on it. In the weeks after the film climbed to No. 1, earning a stunning $65 million, magazines and newspapers have scurried to find real-life examples of psycho-nannies, which in turn drove home the not-so-subtle message that women who work and leave...
...entirely understandable -- mistake. For the ruined doctor commits suicide, and his wife Peyton (Rebecca De Mornay) suffers both a miscarriage and a descent into madness as a result of the trauma. Assuming a false name and a false air of accommodation, she turns up at the Bartels', seeking work as a mother's helper. And, of course, revenge...
...interloper, well played by De Mornay, is a subtle operative. Her weapons are purloined letters, ambiguously dropped phrases, plausibly planted evidence of misconduct. And Claire, though she lives by all the best values and tries hard to be supermom and superwife, has her vulnerabilities. She doesn't always have the energy to be sexy. Even minor stress brings on incapacitating asthma attacks...