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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 09/16/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 36 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Thriller, Psychological Thriller See Also: Hush [Fullscreen]

Jonathan Darby made his directorial debut with this thriller, set in Kentucky (but filmed in Orange County, VA). Jackson Baring (Johnathon Schaech) wants his girlfriend, Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow), to meet his mother, Martha (Jessica Lange), so he brings her home for Christmas to Kilronan, their sumptuous Kentucky estate and horse farm. Later, after Helen gets pregnant, they marry and return to Kilronan to have the baby, but Martha aggressively intrudes and manipulates, telling obstetrician Dr. Hill (Hal Holbrook) how to deal with the birth and forbidding Helen from seeing Jackson's invalid granny, Alice (Nina Foch). After learning some of Martha's past history from Alice, Helen soon decides she must make an escape from her demented mother-in-law. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Jessica Lange - Martha Baring
Gwyneth Paltrow - Helen
Johnathon Schaech - Jackson Baring
Nina Foch - Alice Baring
Debi Mazar - Lisa
Hal Holbrook - Dr. Hill

This slow-burning thriller performed poorly at the box office despite the star power of Gwyneth Paltrow as a pregnant bride and Jessica Lange as the mother-in-law from hell. For that reason, one might not expect particularly lavish treatment for its DVD release, but this disc must still rank as a disappointment. In basic audio-visual terms, the disc is reasonably good. There is the choice of Dolby 5.1 or Stereo, and both are of an acceptably high standard. The anamorphic widescreen transfer is also a success, and at least cashes in on the movie's most obvious strength: its cinematography (the rich skylines and wide green fields really look excellent on this DVD). However, the special features amount to only the rather predictable theatrical trailer -- at the very least Columbia TriStar could have included some biographies and a fluffy promotional piece for Paltrow fans. Though the movie itself is enhanced by DVD technology, this unimaginative edition is unlikely to win over many new devotees. ~ Patrick Lee, All Movie Guide