The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

1992

Action / Drama / Thriller

48
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 67% · 54 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 56868 56.9K

rage and hate loss of loved one nanny destroy family's daily life infant

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Plot summary

A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.

Director

Curtis Hanson Photo
Curtis Hanson

Top cast

Julianne Moore Photo
Julianne Moore as Marlene Craven
Madeline Zima Photo
Madeline Zima as Emma Bartel
Jane Jones Photo
Jane Jones as Woman in Park
Annabella Sciorra Photo
Annabella Sciorra as Claire Bartel
1080p.BLU
1.64 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
TV-14
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 40

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Wuchak 6 / 10

***The nanny from hell in the Seattle area***

***The nanny from hell in the Seattle area*** A well-to-do couple in the Puget Sound region (Matt McCoy & Annabella Sciorra) hires a nanny not knowing that she has axes to grind (Rebecca De Mornay). Ernie Hudson plays a mentally challenged laborer while Julianne Moore is on hand as the wife’s best friend. "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle" (1992) is a drama/thriller in the mold of contemporaneous flicks like “The Stepfather” (1987) and “The Crush” (1993). The events even take place in the same area as those. While it’s the least of these, it’s not far off in overall quality. It has a bit of a Lifetime movie vibe and the serviceable Sciorra doesn’t trip my trigger while De Mornay’s character is a turn-off because she’s obviously nutzoid. Meanwhile Moore superbly plays a biyatch while McCoy is ineffectual as the hubby. The locations are fabulous, however. The movie runs 1 hour, 50 minutes, and was shot in Seattle, Tacoma and Issaquah, Washington. GRADE: B-/C+
Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

For a while, Rebecca de Mornay is quite

For a while, Rebecca de Mornay is quite menacing as the live-in nanny "Peyton". She is hired by "Claire" (Annabella Sciorra) and her husband "Michael" (Matt McCoy) to look after their baby. Initially all kind and helpful, we soon begin to suspect that she has another agenda - and that she will stop at nothing to attain it! Sadly, after about twenty minutes the story rather settles into a predictable pattern as she gradually manipulates the family, exploits and creates some cracks in the marriage (or tries to, anyway) before a denouement that is really rather weak and takes just a bit to long to arrive. The production is maybe just a bit too pristine, too sterile, to sustain the sense of peril and the dialogue is just too wordy with scenarios taking too long to cook. Still, it's quite watchable film just one that I think has dated rather over the last thirty years into a mediocre television thriller.
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