Sleeping with the Enemy

Name: Sleeping with the Enemy
Released: 1991-2-8
Cast: Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson

R
1h 38m
1991

22%

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Laura Burney (Julia Roberts) is not just the trophy wife of rich investment counselor Martin (Patrick Bergin). She is also a battered wife. After faking her own death by drowning, she changes her name and relocates to Cedar Falls, Iowa – and even begins a new relationship. But once Martin learns of the ruse, he comes to Iowa to reclaim his “possession.”

Director:

Joseph Ruben

Producer:

Leonard Goldberg

Writer:

Ron Bass

Cast:

Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

22%

Critics Consensus: A game Julia Roberts gives it her all, but Sleeping with the Enemy is one stalker thriller that's unlikely to inspire many obsessions of its own.

Reviews

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Joe Lipsett

Sleeping with the Enemy is an extremely over the top 'woman in peril' film that stars Julia Roberts' magnificent locks and Patrick Bergin's exquisite moustache. It's lurid, but this domestic abuse thriller holds up on a rewatch.

A melodramatic showdown...

Roberts evokes sympathy, not just for playing the victim of an unforgivably bad husband, but for becoming the victim of an unforgivably bad movie.

January 27, 2020

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