Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Joseph Ruben

Writers (WGA):

Nancy Price (novel)
Ronald Bass (screenplay)

Release Date:

8 February 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Self-Defense is not murder

Plot:

Laura and Martin have been married for four years. They seem to be the perfect, happiest and most successful couple...

Plot Keywords:

New Identity | Escape | Stalking | Flight | Abusive Husband

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Julia Roberts	...	Laura Burney
Patrick Bergin	...	Martin Burney
Kevin Anderson	...	Ben Woodward
Elizabeth Lawrence	...	Chloe Williams
Kyle Secor	...	Fleishman
Claudette Nevins	...	Dr. Rissner
Tony Abatemarco	...	Locke
Marita Geraghty	...	Julie
Harley Venton	...	Garber
Nancy Fish	...	Woman on Bus
Sandi Shackelford	...	Edna
Bonnie Johnson	...	Mrs. Nepper (as Bonnie Cook)
Graham Harrington	...	Minister
John Ward	...	Theater Student (as John David Ward)
Sharon J. Robinson	...	Sharon (the Nurse)

MPAA:

Rated R for wife abuse terror and a sex scene.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Spain:13 | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | UK:15 (DVD rating) (uncut) (2001) | UK:18 (video rating) (uncut) (1992) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (original rating) (cut) | USA:R | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia)

Filming Locations:

Abbeville, South Carolina, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The sign at the carnival reads "Claude Powell's Super Carnival". 'Claude Powell' worked as the construction coordinator in the Art Department on the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Laura emerges from the sea after her feigned drowning, both she and her hair are soaking wet. However, as she runs towards the beach house her hair is almost dry and flowing behind her. When she enters the beach house, her hair switches back to being wet and straggly.

Quotes:

Martin: You sneaked off inexplicably, need I remind you how I worried?
Laura: No. You reminded me enough the night I came back.
Martin: You're not suggesting I enjoyed that?
Laura: God, no. That would make you a monster.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Charmed: Sleuthing with the Enemy (#3.8)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

MY GIRL

That was the day I died and someone else was saved

What a great movie. One of Julia Robert's best performances.

The start of the movie seems fine Laura and Martin seem like a happily married couple, then you see a scene where Martin berates her about hanging the bathroom towels out of order and then, Laura desperately tries to arrange the tins in the cupboard exactly right. Everything is definitely not alright when you see Martin punch Laura in the head.

This is the story of how Laura fakes her own death and tries to make a new life for herself.

You really feel for Laura and Martin is a really evil guy, who is portrayed very scarily.

The music is beautiful and sad, one of the loveliest soundtracks I have ever heard.

I really recommend this film to other women, although it is not aimed entirely at the female audience, I feel we get more out of it