Corvette
I like most people first saw this movie years ago during a completely different time. Now, re visiting it many years later through more mature worldly eyes, it clearly makes all the flaws so visible now. The most glaring error would be the fact she went out for an evening sail with two men (one her husband) and fails to return home? it would seem that one or both of them might be considered a person of interest? but no, its all wrapped up with a beach side memorial - no body recovered and an untouched house that was clearly not part of any investigation? Secondly I would assume after mustering up the courage to leave an abusive relationship the LAST thing on her mind would be sparking up a romantic interest before she had all her "starting a new life ducks in a row"? yet she falls right away for an inquisitive young man full of questions about her. As the movie progresses we witness the husband gradually get more and more agitated as he realizes she may still be alive! yet when he first lays eyes on her in the arms of another man, he has the restraint to not say anything and head back to her house to start playing mind games. OH and back to my first point, would it have not been more sensible to have the getaway bag of clothes outside the house? that way she wouldn't have covered the floor with wet sand and salt water foot steps! but I guess it doesn't matter because other than a quick wiping of floor in one area they left that messy part out.
kai ringler
Julia Roberts gives a slam dunk performance as a physically abused woman who is married to a jerk,, played by Patrick Bergin. Throughout the movie she is being mentally and physically abused by her husband,, well after a while she grows tired of it, and decides that she has had just about enough she can take, so one night , he decides to take her sailing knowing full well she can't swim and is terrorized by the water. little does he know that he is about to be set up by his wife,, she falls off of the neighbor's yacht, and he can't find her, so after a short while she is declared dead.. she visits with her mother in the nursing home to let her know that she is okay,, eventually the husband finds out that his "dead" wife is alive, and he starts to track her down and follow her, and find the man that she is in love with now,, very good movie,, I really liked it a lot,, and it features the classic Van Morrisson hit,, Brown Eyed Girl.
lisafordeay
Sleeping With The Enemy is a 1991 thriller about a young woman played by Julia Roberts,who fakes her own death and runs away from her abusing controlling husband Martin played by Irish Actor Patrick Bergin (who played Anne Hathaway's father in Ella Enchanted)who at first seems to be the perfect husband until he changes into a wife beater from hell who is so obsessive with his wife and very dangerous. Now with a new identity Laura is now known as Sarah Waters and she lives in Iowa a place that is near her blind mother who is apparently in a nursing home. Problems arise however when "Sarah" falls for her next door neighbor who she later confesses about her controlling husband.But since she is enjoying her new life as Sarah Waters will her controlling wife beating husband find her and threaten her again? and can Laura finally get rid of her husband once and for all.Bottom line I've been a fan of Julia Roberts ever since Pretty Woman and The Runaway Bride and frankly she did a good job as the victim of domestic abuse,while Bergin was excellent as the wife beater from hell with his crazy expressions and his weird plans.Similar to the 2013 film Safe Haven its sorta different to that cause in Safe Haven you got a woman like Roberts on the run,falls for a guy who in Safe Haven is a widowed father and his wife died years ago,also in Safe Haven there's this woman who helps the girl who is the victim of domestic abuse and in Sleeping With The Enemy there is none of that. But yeah Sleeping With The Enemy is a real suspense thriller and if your a fan of Roberts than check it out.Overall its an 8 out of 10.
Desertman84
Sleeping with the Enemy is a psychological thriller film starring Julia Roberts.Patrick Bergin,Kevin Anderson,Elizabeth Lawrence,Kyle Secor and Claudette Nevins co-star to play supporting roles. The film is based on Nancy Price's novel of the same title. Roberts plays a woman who escapes from her abusive, obsessive husband from Cape Cod to Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she captures the attention of a kindly college drama teacher.Laura Burney, the wife of a rich investment counselor, Martin. Martin appreciates his wife as a trophy, but at home he abuses her for not keeping the house as clean as he would like it. The verbal abuse descends into physical violence so much so that Laura decides to disappear rather than live a life under Martin as a brutalized slave. Laura fakes her own death by drowning, and relocates to Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she changes her name to Sara Waters. She starts a relationship with her friendly Iowa neighbor Ben Woodward but her happiness is short-lived. Martin has discovered that Laura has staged her drowning and is coming to Iowa to reclaim his possession.It's the sort of movie where all of the characters and plot moves are tailored to the thriller mechanics and have no existence apart from their crude functionality.The only good thing about it is Julia Roberts' presence and her performance as Laura.
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