Good story, Not enough for a whole film

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

The hand that rocks the cradle is a really entertaining 1990s thriller starring Rebecca De Mornay from risky business. First off, the acting in this movie is spot on from every member, and I really thought they gave a good strong performances all the way through. I also thought that the writing was good, not too cheesy or cliché, in other words, not phoned in. Yes, this thriller may have some resemblance to fatal attraction or another movie like that, but I also thought it contained a lot of originality. This is also one of Julianne Moore's very first performances in a film, with which she of course handled well, as she does in nearly every one of her movies. Some might call the pacing and the events that happened throughout the movie formulaic, but I actually found them thrilling and entertaining. Ernie Hudson from Ghostbusters doesn't have a huge role here but he does have one and I think he played it well. Even the little girl, Emma played her role well. All in all, this is a pretty entertaining and thrilling suspense movie that I do recommend. 8/10.

Terrific tale of the macabre where a woman seeks revenge on another woman and the lady's family. The former was the wife of the doctor and he committed suicide after allegations were made by the latter that he touched her inappropriately during an exam.The widow gets into their lives as the nanny and almost immediately brings havoc to the household, even going so far to create a situation where the woman believes that her husband has been cheating with an old flame, a good friend of the family. The latter is played by Julianne Moore, bringing relish and a strong determination as the feisty real estate agent, who becomes a victim in all this mayhem.A very young Madeleine Zinna,who went on to become known in The Nanny television series, plays a precocious young child who certainly has her wits about her.The gentleman playing the mentally challenged young man aide to the family is excellent and it just goes to show you that he is dismissed after our "widow" plants clothing in his room attesting to a possible inappropriate touching with the young Zinna character.

After her humiliated husband kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow (Rebecca DeMornay) loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against a woman and her family.What bad can be said about this film? If anything, the role of Solomon could be complained about. Not Ernie Hudson's portrayal, which is pretty good, but the very idea of having a mentally challenged man played by someone who is not. It seems off, just a bit, and some may even find it offensive.What is most interesting is the role filled by Julianne Moore. Honestly, I did not even recognize her! And it is pretty incredible that she is not credited on the back of the DVD case, or on the front. One might think since her rise in stardom ,they would rebrand the film to showcase her...

The Hand That Rocks Cradle is a very mediocre movie with a promising storyline that just ends up not being very interesting and an uninspired cast.The movie is considered a thriller,but there wasn't one time in this film that I felt in anyway thrilled or excited by what was going on,at times when things did get dramatic,it was just too predictable to feel any thrills.Rebecca De Mornay delivers an interesting performance and she is certainly the movies highlight,but it would have been more enjoyable if there was a bit of mystery behind her character instead of spoon feeding the audience every single thing she does.The Hand That Rocks The Cradle is undeniably boring and filled with plot holes,I think everyone would be better off avoiding this one. A doctors wife goes looking for revenge after her husband commits suicide amid accusations of abuse from some of his patients.Best Performance: Rebecca De Mornay Worst Performance: Annabella Sciorra