That’s true however it was a desperate situation because Marlene was just looking after her best friend interest at heart because Clare has no idea what she got herself into she is has a dangerous manipulative person who is Peyton I would have done the same thing but I see your point.

A big mistake in general is to directly confront liars and psychopaths, though it's difficult not to react when you've trusted them.

So true 😅

A wrong move in this movie yeah off to the greenhouse😵😬😱

@@Murgatroydian A big mistake never ever let them know you Know, otherwise fetal position barely able to walk the list goes on (if you are going to let them know? Be prepared to leave right After) I don't recommend letting them know whether thar a romantic partner if you can call it romance or whether they are akin aka family . I don't recommend letting them know you Know it is a BIG MISTAKE.

she could have given Amanda Woodward a run of her money

And still just as charistmatic and powerful on screen as she is any other movie

Julianne Moore has an oscar and the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and she has proved herself as a good actress. I loved Juianne Moore in this and everything she does its great***** She even slapped Madonna in Body Of Evidence and everyone clapped.

I often find a performer gets boxed into playing the same role once they obtain fame...so always good to see earlier movies when they can be more versatile

That's impressive, most, if any, soap actors don't make it out of soap operas and must live out the rest of their career either on their original soap or hop to another. Julianne not only made it out but made it big.

Just aswel i got my home my 3 youngest kids and an ok "job" to stop me from "tipping" over that proverbial "edge"! If i lose any more in this stryfe nothing n nobody will stop me! BUT! It will be ME n ONLY ME who feels the peaceful "pass" wen that fatal fentynal hits my bloodstream! Lets "pray" "they" dont ever dare persecute an innocent victim(me) ever again! Ana rexia and a fatal OD is my last plan of action if i lose wot little i got left in my adopted reject existance 😐

Angel Simone Peyton was not a sad soul .. She thinks thats Clair falt that her husband killed him self .. peyton act like a nany but she wanted Clairs Family ...

Rhianna Barr I don't blame Peyton. I'm sure we would all behave like her under those circumstances

As someone who has dealt with and survived PTSD (2004-2009), I resent the fact that you equate Peyton's antics to that of a PTSD person. While one symptom of PTSD is being violent, 99% of the time it NEVER escalates to the point of pure sociopath behavior (usually involves the basic punching, shoving, pushing, etc.). Making these astronomical remarks fuels negative stereotypes/generalizations and stigma associated with mental illness at a time when they are going away. She is a plain sociopath. Not PTSD, not PPD, not Bipolar, not Borderline Personality Disorder...plain sociopath.

cajayson8301 She's a psychopath.

That too ;)

Virginia Neil I thought the worst was when she framed Solomon for pedophilia because he saw through her.

Virginia Neil she was nuts.

@alex08648 That's because she was on to her.

@alex08648 yeah but for a very valid reason

Pure evil to the core I mean wow going after Clare best friend was so low but hey Peyton is after for revenge and she will remove anyone that is close with Clare.

Julianne was a nobody during this time. At this point in her career, she had been primarily a soap opera actress *(As the World Turns)* and had only been in one low-budget horror movie. The major success of *The Hand that Rocks the Cradle* was a boost to her career.

Believe it or not, at the time earliy in her career, she was a far lower star than Rebecca or the other actors ... even Dr Mott; even the kid!

This was the start of her career after being on a soap opera. She was great in the time they had her on I hated when she died.

Julianne as the others on this post have said wasn't a huge A-list actress at this point in her career. The other lead roles of DeMonray and Schiorra were given to them because they were already established actresses. The irony is that Moore ended up becoming a huge star some short years later bigger than all of her castmates in this film! It's always fun to see A-list stars in minor roles before they got really famous interesting to watch.

@@britneysprsfan1forever415 i know lol. i was gonna say i dont recognize any of the stars except for julianne moore. the irony she has the smallest of nobody role.

Absolutely! And how, as the scene continues,the cutting and chewing of the apple 'sounds' like it could also be Marlene writhing in the glass outside...both grinding, creaking sounds

A complete 180 from the facade of Peyton trying to beg Marlene to not say anything to Claire.

Peyton also thought that she got Marlene better while she was eating her slice of 🍎!

This movie was #1 at the box office for 4 weeks. It was a huge hit. It also sparked the nanny cam craze.

*HellaDopeSick* Definitely. I was just pointing out that the movie made parents question who they were leaving their kids with, which caused the sales of nanny cams to skyrocket.

OMG I had no idea that this film was in theaters! I mean I was only two years old but I still had no idea

Mya Hollandia Really great acting! Julianne is a stunner in this movie.

One of the best acting ever this movie is brilliant one of my top favorites!

I love this because Marlene is a real friend and was looking at for Clare to I feel bad Clare didn’t know that until later on I remember her telling Michael many bad things have happened since she Peyton has been here she should have done something kick her out look what happened Marlene dies if you know something bad is happening stop it in the first place.

And she paid for her suspicion with her life, which is usually how it goes in these type of movies.

That "in your face" personality of Marlene is what led to her murder by the cunning and manipulative Mrs. Mott.

Aimee Adesso that and her troubled childhood as an orphan

Becouse of Clair ... Peyton thinks thats Clair falt that her husband killed him self and lost her baby .. the husband from Peyton was Clair doktor

Julianne Moore went to Boston Univeristy and majored in Drama and she moved to New York for a while and then later on when her acting career picked up she did some movies and played in Still Alice and won a oscar finally she was long over due! Julianne Moore did some great movies! She was great in this

oh no a suicidal husband and lost baby do NOT make a person this way, they do not 'become' evil they are BORN evil, even if they appear like an angel. welcome to psychopathy - albeit here- in hollywood style... how do I know, Ive lived with one and studied it 10 + years

ONLY??? Oh yeah, it's totally unreasonable for someone who lost their husband and their unborn child to go mad from grief- do you even hear yourself? I'm not agreeing with what she does in the film but she lost her child who was an innocent victim in all of this.

Let me guess, the fact that the wife of a prominent doctor who killed himself was able to slip incognito into the life of one of her husband's victims as a nanny is preposterous? I mean, this movie was set in the early 90s way prior to the internet as we know it today; the only way Clair could have possibly known about Peyton actually being Mrs Mott was if she happened to be both named and pictured during the news briefing about Dr Mott being accused of sexually abusing his patients. The media wouldn't need to focus on the wife when describing Dr Mott's crimes. Also, this was probably some hum-drum ob-gyn that was rarely in the public eye until his crimes were known. Mrs Mott could have therefore been even more obscure to the point of assuming a new identity as a nanny.

@@wjb4578 All of this on a small, two year old comment?

​@@alekesamYes.

@eamon2please so we really saying it's okay to take on a woman she just met, same day decide she's okay to watch her baby with zero background checks prior to this decision? It's not that she should have known the wife, I agree but how you going to let someone in your house as a live in nanny to watch your baby (who can't report wrongdoing) and your little girl? Especially how untrusting she was towards Solomon in her backyard and even later.

@@alekesam Don't ask me, it's not my comment.

We are going to keep this family together !! You had better believe it

She sure didn’t. It took her husband’s legs being broken, her daughter locked away in a room with the baby for safety and herself being on the attic floor in a fetal position, gasping for air with a crow bar hanging over her head for her to realize what she had done.

I noticed yes Marlene didn’t like Peyton but she caught on what Peyton was about pretty smart good eye sad Marlene tried to tell Clare to late Peyton stopped Marlene at her tracks .😔

Ironically, Marlene is at her most likable when confronting Mrs. Mott, but she goes towards the greenhouse.

@Edward89 Exactly it’s smart sometimes people can noticed what a person is like right from the beginning I love that about Marlene she knew right away what Peyton was like way from the beginning.

Yes, she's the villain, but at the same time you have to feel sorry for her because she lost her husband, he baby, and the ability to have future children. That really sad!

@@msrain1235 the other back story to Peyton was her mother died when she was a little girl and she had to take care of herself. She surrounded herself with the wrong people ( Dr Mott) because she was emotionally stunted from never having a real family. That and losing her own child brought her to the boiling point.

They were

I definitely do fell bad for Peyton she was broken but she went about things the wrong way and going after Clare like that was scary Clare should have been wise enough to see what is going on DONT be to trusting.

@@msrain1235I ain’t feel sorry for her at all. And how she put her dirty hands on Solomon. So yeah she got her karma sorry not sorry 😊

So she wouldn’t look so attractive to her husband. Marlene would end up looking better.

I still would have worn the dress, even with the perfume stain on it. Once you’re sitting down no one’s gonna notice anyway

Exactly she did not want her husband to know how attractive she is plus Peyton wanted to move on him she very manipulative to.

No ... I have it on Dvd

It’s available on Google Play. I’m watching it now.

The hand that rocks the cradle.

May 9th 2023 😊

Oh that year,huh!

Please don’t give Hollywood any ideas

@@mynameisnotimportant2854 😂😂😂

@@mynameisnotimportant2854 exactly! All their remakes in the last 15 years suck.

I hope they don't!!!

WTF? This movie was a big boost to her career. It was a smash hit and was #1 at the box office for a whole month!

musicaltheatergeek79 Maybe it was her foot in the door, but it didn’t show off her full talent. Now, you have to admit her role in this movie was cliche. Doesn’t matter if the movie was successful because lame people went to see it,

Of course, it matters if the movie was successful! In Hollywood, you're only as good as your latest hit, as the saying goes. Meaning you are only judged by your most recent success. If you keep having flop after flop, then your career suffers. So, this film being a huge hit and Moore having a major role in it was very beneficial to her career. It allowed her to be where she is today. She was primarily a soap actress before this.

@@musicaltheatergeek79 this wasn't a major role for Julianne, though. She was a cardboard cutout-style sidekick to the movie's heroine and was very one-note. Sure, it got her foot in the door to being an A-list movie star (and she's grown tremendously as an actress over the years) but the role itself wasn't a great one and she didn't do anything noteworthy with it. The notoriety of the movie is what put a spotlight on her.

i wouldn't call this a crappy role, Christ go see Jennifer Aniston in the leprechaun and you'll see a crappy role.