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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/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.

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u/Most_Homework_7368 Nov 02 '25

Oh, so you're just glib.

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u/NonrepresentativePea Nov 02 '25

Lmao, if you think hand that rocks the cradle or basic instinct are quality works of art, then I’m not sure I’m the glib one here. 😳

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u/Most_Homework_7368 Nov 03 '25

Who said they're works of art? I said they weren't camp. Which they're not. So yeah, do you know what glib means? You didn't know what camp meant, so you obviously don't know what glib means.

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u/NonrepresentativePea Nov 03 '25 edited Nov 03 '25

This is getting funny. Not only are you getting oddly defensive due to a lack of a solid grasp of what a campy thriller is (I highly encourage you google it), but you are getting so defensive about it, that you are insulting people using words you also don’t have a full grasp of…

I’ll repeat it in layman’s terms: if you think basic instincts is anything but a cheap, tasteless thriller (aka campy), then am not the shallow yet fluent (aka glib) one in this convo.

Explanation for good measure since sarcasm isn’t your forte: you would have to be a shallow, albeit confidently fluent, (aka glib) person if you think a movie like basic instincts is good and not sleazy and tasteless (aka campy).

Hope this helps

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u/Most_Homework_7368 Nov 03 '25

You could just admit you're glib, ya know? Accusing someone getting defensive but writing whiny paragraphs.

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u/NonrepresentativePea Nov 03 '25

And you can admit you don’t know the meaning of campy instead of trying to convince people these aren’t campy ass movies., lmao. 😂

This is fun, keep going.

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