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Name: Raising Cain
Released: 1992-8-7
Cast: John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen, Gregg Henry

Raising Cain

R
1h 31m
1992

62%

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From master-of-terror Brian De Palma comes this stylish psychological thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final frame. Carter Nix (John Lithgow) is a respected psychologist, loving husband and devoted father who decides to take a year off to help raise his daughter. Carter's wife Jenny (Lolita Davidovich) is pleased to have her attentive husband home - at first. When Carter shows obsessive behavior toward their daughter, Jenny becomes concerned, and to complicate matters, Jenny's old flame (Steven Bauer) re-enters her life. But nothing can prepare her for the emergence of Carter's multiple personalities, and a fiendish plot to recreate the infamous experiments of his deranged father. It all adds up to a roller coast ride of heart-pounding suspense and stunning visuals in a film the New York Times calls "a delirious thriller."

Director:

Brian De Palma

Producer:

Gale Anne Hurd

Writer:

Brian De Palma

Cast:

John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen, Gregg Henry, Tom Bower, Mel Harris, Gabrielle Carteris

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

62%

Critics Consensus: Raising Cain doesn't rank with Brian De Palma's best work, but John Lithgow's spellbinding split-personality performance makes this thriller hard to dismiss.

Reviews

Southern Voice (Atlanta)

Terry Francis

Sensual and dizzying, Raising Cain probably could only have been brought off by Brian DePalma. This is fiery, disreputable commercial filmmaking that satirizes a lot of serious issues, and it does so gleefully.

No matter the version, "Raising Cain" represents an often overlooked rebound for Brian De Palma in the wake of his career nadir. John Lithgow makes the most of his performer's playground, and the 2012 edit emphasizes both narrative momentum and themes.

...feels like the final scene of Psycho, expanded to feature length, with cod-psychology constantly used to provide context for crazy, disturbing visuals...

As far as De Palma's genre thrillers go, Raising Cain has enough to hold the audience, if mostly for those already enamored with his work.