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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302450187
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302450187
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: April 14, 1994
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 4096
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 10, 1992
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
A potboiler featuring a demented caretaker and a seemingly hapless suburban family, this is The Nanny of the 1990s. However, it is much more predictable than that 1965 Bette Davis psychodrama, and more graphic. It works only because Rebecca De Mornay makes us intensely uncomfortable as the disturbed au pair who wants to take care of much more than her employer's well-being.
Annabella Sciorra plays the perfect mother of a flawless family. Her obstetrician, however, is less than wonderful, having enjoyed her examination much more than he should have. When she files sexual harassment charges against the repugnant doctor, he loses face--literally--after shooting himself in the head. Several months later, an ideal nanny shows up at her home. You guessed it--she's the doc's widow.
The movie follows a tried and true formula, with the audience in on everything. However, the story does surprise us in intense and intimate ways. The visit to the obstetrician is one of the creepiest moments in the film. You definitely hear the voice of writer Amanda Silver in a plot concerned with the vulnerabilities of a family, a newborn, a marriage.
Since we know so much up front, there is an overall lack of inventiveness in the plot machinations. It may not jolt us, but De Mornay does. It's unsettling to watch someone who appears so attractive and who behaves so kindly suddenly reveal hideous psychopathic tendencies. Restraining herself from going over the top, she instead oozes such malevolence you'll want to shudder. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - "When push comes to shove, you can't even breathe"
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is all about Rebecca De Mornay in what I consider her best role and performance to date. What makes her character all the more scary is not only the fact she is beautiful but because she behaves so cool, calm and collected from one manipulation to the next. As we watch this devious nanny chip away at the perfect family she should have had, we long for her to be dispatched. De Mornay does not go over the top (with the exception of the bathroom stall scene), but plays ... Read More
Rating: - Nanny from hell :-l
What a stunningly creepy movie this is. I still love it after all this time and go back to it every now and then to re-creep myself out. It always gives me chills. Rebecca does a good job at playing the evil nanny Peyton - almost like the role was made for her alone. She is a widow who lost her husband to suicide and an unborn child to a miscarriage. Hence, the anger in her (and vengence).
This is a solid movie with a great cast (and a fantastic Julianne Moore) and while it's predictable, ... Read More
Rating: - A little revenge never hurts, right?
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is one creepy film but I enjoyed it. Rebecca de Mornay plays a manipulative and revenge-seeking nanny. I am kinda surprised this thriller is directed by Curtis Hanson, doesn't seem like his type of movie. I won't give away too much but De Mornay's character has been through a tragedy and she will stop at nothing to seek solace even if it means driving a happily married couple insane. I highly recommend this cat and mouse game, enjoy!
Rating:  - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle DVD Review
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is a suspenseful film with convincing performances by Rebecca De Mornay and Annabella Sciorra. The lovely Rebecca De Mornay does a fine job playing a vicious nanny. The film also has a fine score by Graeme Revell. It is disappointing that the 1.85:1 widescreen DVD is not enhanced for 16:9 TVs. The picture is of average quality and the audio is average.
Rating: - The Best Psychotic Thriller Ever Is The Hand That Rocks The Cradle!
This was the best pyschotic movie ever! Rebecca DeMornay is so secretly evil and mentally disturbed yet all throughout the movie she sure does a great job of hiding it and putting on a sweet,innocent facade until the truth is finally revealed about who she really is from the help of Claire Bartel's best friend, Marlene Craving, who, unfortunately dies at hands of Peyton's dirtywork which was originally intended for Claire to face. As the movie goes on it gets creepier and more terrifying, especially ... Read More
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