Mike LeMar The Sitter (2007) and When the Bough Breaks are the others. This would've gotten a higher rating if it hadn't been for its climax, which was also predictable. When the sitter's ordered to leave, which she does willingly, you knew that's because she'd be back. And when she came back, of course it was a clever plan on how to get into the house. Once in, and in control, she kept leaving a family member unsubdued, turning her back on him/her and walking away so he/she could do whatever he/she wanted until it finally cost her fatally. You carry this cool plan out on how to get back in only to then go around the place like a complete moron.

edwagreen 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.

jadavix "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle" is a fairly formulaic thriller that moves along well enough but is ultimately forgettable.The premise is the most interesting part: a woman complains about sexual harassment at the hands of a doctor and the doctor commits suicide. The doctor's widow, in her shock, loses her baby and is given an emergency hysterectomy.She insinuates herself into the family of the woman who made the complaint, bent on revenge, and begins trying to tear the family apart.The movie feels very familiar, with the concerned friend who realises the truth about the villainess and tries to stop her, but ends up dead, and the way she goes into full psycho mode at the end of it, becoming violent when her more insidious techniques fail her.This may not be a problem for most people, but the issue is the way it glosses over certain plot details, confident that we're so used to what we're seeing that we won't notice. Eg., how do both the concerned friend and the mother herself work out the truth about the evil nanny? They find out somehow, but it's not really explained. Worse still is the way the intellectually disabled handyman, played by Ernie Hudson, comes back to save the day. Why? And why at that moment exactly, where he is most needed?What's worse than a formulaic thriller is one that plays a nanny to you as well. The movie won't let you feel anything too negative. It coddles you, which is not the way a thriller should behave.

videorama-759-859391 I've only seen this movie once, and I remember just how good it was, one trademark scene, having Julianne Moore buy it in that glasshouse, where for some, you could be turned off for walking into one, ever again. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (a great title) is another Fatal Attraction, Single White Female, etc, kind of film/thriller, but what's so good here, is the believable revenge scenario, that really follows through, with good planning in it's catalyst, and acting talent, De Mornay, our new revenge driven femme fatale, proves she can play bad, good. We can't help feel a bit sorry for her, in light of her very damaging tragedy, brought on by her lover's suicide. It was something, that came back to bite this late gynocologist, whatever, with his unlawful advances towards patient (Sciorra) who's character just happens to be asthmatic, but hey, it can happen top the best of us. Wait till you see who her gynocologist is (another familiar face, from another popular daytime soapie, who's always used in small roles. She was gonna report him to the police, so he took the easy way out. Now we have a new psycho nanny, under a smiling, loving facade of normalcy, that bellies a hate driven woman, determined to see Sciorra suffer, by taking what she has, because of what she herself, has been robbed of, which includes Sciorra's husband (Matt Mccoy, a very underrated actor). It was a surprise top see hi turn up in this. This whole retrieving angle, all makes sense, when you see it from our "flip a switch" character, Mornay, where we know, what her ultimate intention is, all too clearly. De Mornay, really has a a screw loose alright, and her character is fun to watch. She even gets physical with a little boy who's bullying Sciorra's little girl, and that dire and clear as crystal threat she gives to that retarded green keeper of Sciorra's (versatile Ernie Hudson) is dialogue I'll never forget. This is a solid driven thriller all the way. The movie sets out what it intends to do, it's intentions never clearer, though we really wonder what's playing around in the diabolical mind of De Mornay. But she's set a new score with her unforgettable and scary performance in a thriller, you must see at least once once. I would of seen this again, but this particular movie was actually copy protected. Them's the brakes.