Sleeping with the Enemy 1991

Critics score:
22 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: It's the sort of movie where all of the characters and plot moves (if one wants to call them that) are tailored to the thriller mechanics and have no existence apart from their crude functionality. Read more

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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The film begins as an unyielding look at a battered wife, and ends as another one of those thrillers where the villain toys with his victim and the audience. Read more

Stephen Garrett, Time Out: Tacky. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Roberts is terrific in a layered part. Anderson brings an edge to the nice-guy-next-door role, and the dark, dashing Bergin is chillingly twisted. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: No one in this movie can be accused of doing his best. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: A relentlessly formulaic look at the downside of sexual obsession. Read more