Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy

Peyton Flanders seemed to be the perfect nanny, but secretly she was out to wreck the lives of the family she was supposed to be helping.

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R, 110 min.

Directed by: Curtis Hanson

Release Date: January 10, 1992

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DVD Release Date: August 28, 2001

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  • September 24, 2009
    Not a great thriller. It was really overhyped at the time!
  • February 1, 2009
    hahahahahahaha
  • December 3, 2008
    Excellent thriller about a nanny who is out to get revenge on a family who ruined her family. Rebecca is very scarey,
  • June 23, 2008
    creepy
  • April 29, 2008
    was this made for tv, sure comes across that way, eerie not scary
  • October 31, 2009
    an odd thriller. not as dull as funny games. was a bit lacking though.
  • October 28, 2009
    Alfred Hitchcock meets Fatal Attraction meets every damned thriller ever made. It seems like the makers consulted the E-Z guide to making a thriller and it works! The suspense is done with the long takes of someone slowy approacing the inevitable and this is effective, so why not...( read more) use it? The suspense remains no matter how cliched and this film is a perfect example of that.

    Cliches aside, it is a smartly written, nicely paced film. The suspense mounts as the nanny does more and more evil things to tear the family apart and her desent into madness, or rather when it is made more obvious, is incredibly acted by De Mornay. The highlight of her performance is the small scene in which she confronts the daughters bully at school. The rest of the cast were good enough but didn't have the strengh as De Mornay had in their roles. The other fanastic performance came from Ernie Hudson as the simple minded handyman. He gets the innocence and friendliness just right and is a great film character.

    It is directed decently by Hanson, even if he does just follow the genric thriller path. At least he understood the genre enough to make it effective.

    It may not be original but it is certainly enjoyable. Not all of it is predictable and even when it is, it is fun and gripping to wait for the obvious to happen. Worth a watch.
  • October 22, 2009
    ReBecca deMornay is such an evil wee bitch in this. Pretty decent 90's pyscho female film

    I thought Ernie Hudson only ever had one role???!
  • October 22, 2009
    This was a boring and predictable thriller, that lacked any suspense or emotion between the cast. The only good thing about this movie was Ernie Hudson and the little girl, they pulled of great performances in a dyer film.
  • October 21, 2009
    Nice take on revenge, taken way too far.

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