The Tie That Binds (1995)
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10% of critics liked it
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33% of users liked it
(1,260 ratings)
Produced by the same team that bankrolled the hit The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, this violent domestic thriller is often compared to that mega-hit. Screenwriter Wesley Strick made his directorial debut with this script by Michael Auerbach. Vincent Spano and Moira Kelly are Russell and Dana Clifton,… More Produced by the same team that bankrolled the hit The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, this violent domestic thriller is often compared to that mega-hit. Screenwriter Wesley Strick made his directorial debut with this script by Michael Auerbach. Vincent Spano and Moira Kelly are Russell and Dana Clifton, a successful but childless yuppie couple who adopt a mesmerizing young girl named Janie (Julia Devin). Janie has suicidal tendencies, however -- she walks out into crowded streets, keeps a butcher knife under her bed, and sometimes cuts herself. She also has psychotic white-trash parents, John and Leann Netherwood (Keith Carradine and Daryl Hannah). The Netherwoods are crooks forced to give up their daughter, but once released from jail, they are intent on getting her back. They kill an adoption agency worker and a police officer as part of their vendetta, terrorizing the suburban town as they target the Cliftons in their all-out war for the return of Janie. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Directed By
- Wesley Strick
- Written By
- Michael Auerbach
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Sep 8, 1995 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Mike Clark, USA Today
One of the sleaziest movies of the year and certainly the most unpleasant.
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Clint Morris, Moviehole
A chilling experience
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Chris Hicks, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
The Tie That Binds is an attempt to recapture the spirit of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, which was itself simply a more sophisticated variation on the slasher genre.
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Cast
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Daryl Hannah
as Leann Netherwood
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Keith Carradine
as John Netherwood
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Moira Kelly
as Dana Clifton
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Vincent Spano
as Russell Clifton
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Cynda Williams
as Lisa-Maria Chandler
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Carmen Argenziano
as Phil Hawkes
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Kevin Bourland
as Man in Range Rover
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Greg Collins
as Bartender
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Kerrie Cullen
as Female Police Officer
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Jenny Gago
as Maggie
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Willie Garson
as Ray Tanton
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Laurie Latham
as Alex
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Gene Lythgow
as Detective Lorenz
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Melanie MacQueen
as Waitress
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Coleen Maloney
as Security Guard
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Benjamin Mouton
as Father in Restaurant
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Ray Reinhardt
as Sam Bennett
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George Marshall Ruge
as Detective
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Barbara Tarbuck
as Jean Bennett
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Ned Vaughn
as Officer Carrey
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Bruce A. Young
as Gil Chandler
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Chris Ellis
as Security Guard
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Bob Minor
as Male Police Officer
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Tommy Rosales Jr.
as Detective
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Jack Johnson (II)
as Boy in Restaurant
- Julia Devin
