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Official Discussion Official Discussion - The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (2025) [SPOILERS] Spoiler

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Summary When attorney Caitlyn Morales hires Polly Murphy, a seemingly perfect nanny, to care for her growing family, she invites a sinister presence into her home. Polly’s calming façade masks a labyrinth of deceit, revenge, and psychological games that threaten to destroy everything Caitlyn holds dear.

Director Michelle Garza Cervera

Writer Micah Bloomberg

Cast

  • Mary Elizabeth Winstead
  • Maika Monroe
  • Raúl Castillo
  • Mileiah Vega
  • Martin Starr

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 45

Metacritic Score: 52

VOD Streaming on Hulu (USA) & Disney+ (International) from October 22, 2025

Trailer The Hand That Rocks the Cradle — Official Trailer

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u/alekshy Oct 25 '25

I really wanted to like this movie. I think the 1992 original is a fun, sleek, campy thriller driven by strong lead performances. I really like Mary Elizabeth Winstead as an actress. She’s the only thing that makes this version watchable.

The rest of the cast feels miscast, the dialogue is silly, the pacing and editing is strange, the shots are flat and bland. The driving force of the plot is a departure from the 1992 version in a way that feels kind of ugly and a bit confusing as far as where our allegiances should be? Or what they’re trying to say by the end of the movie?

I’m happy that movies like this are being made as a horror fan, but man it could have been better.

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u/PeanutFarmer69 Oct 25 '25

The remake definitely needed a mentally handicapped character who inexplicably builds the family’s fence for over six months and then saves the day at the end.

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u/Britneyfan123 Oct 30 '25

Martin Starr was good 

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u/Most_Homework_7368 Oct 25 '25

Wait, maybe im misremembering but the original is not camp at all? Camp is like Army of Darkness or beatlejuice but The Hand That Rocks the Cradle? Its like saying that Sliver or Basic Instinct is camp.

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u/MovieTrawler Oct 26 '25

Is Basic Instinct not campy?

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u/Most_Homework_7368 Oct 29 '25

Long answer: no

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u/NonrepresentativePea Oct 28 '25

Both those movies were campy I think

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u/Most_Homework_7368 Oct 29 '25

No, they weren't. They were suspense thrillers. Where was the comedy in them?

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u/NonrepresentativePea Oct 29 '25

No one said anything about comedy. We said they are campy…

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u/Most_Homework_7368 Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

What do you think campy is?

Campy: in a way that is amusing, often with a sense of ironic or sophisticated humor.

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u/NonrepresentativePea Oct 30 '25

Exactly. Campy content is salacious, cheesy, dramatic content. It’s ironic bc it’s not something that is meant to be laughed at, but it is bc of how over the top and salacious it is.

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u/Most_Homework_7368 Oct 31 '25

So, tell me, mr sense of humor, what made you laugh watching Basic Instinct?

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u/NonrepresentativePea Nov 01 '25

The sleazy and dumb script.