Review of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

I love films with realistic villains. Heck, I love films in which an outsider destroys what is shown as the 'perfect family'. Hell, I love these films even more when that said villain is a female!

Granted, this film wasn't Oscar material but both the lead females sure gave great performances with Annabella playing the housewife who has Asthma & Rebecca De Mornay playing the twisted & calm babysitter, Peyton Flanders!

To female viewers this film is sensitive because It focuses on the worst nightmare of a new-mother: The fear that something is gonna happen to their baby and I think the whole breast-feeding thing must've shocked a great deal of female viewers around the world!

Anyways, for people who like high tension and simple settings should go for this film but those who get offended by these subjects should just stay clear!

A classic? Not particularly but nevertheless, one of the best in the thriller-drama genre!