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At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Julia Roberts was good in this pretty standard 90s thriller. The start of this film was great, until Patrick Burgin's acting became intolerable, and the obvious continuity errors reached double digits. Whilst trying to affect an American accent, Patrick Burgin starts shouting Laura in an Irish accent - so obvious I had to google him immediately to see where in the Uk/Ireland he was from. Pretty poor.. In his defence, the actor who played Ben was nearly as shocking! He's supposed to be the knight in shining armour, yet he just comes across as leechy and clingy, and throws her around like a rag doll when they're dancing, despite knowing about her past. Then at the final scene, he's absolutely useless! The errors are also so ridiculous it's confusing that this wasn't a comedy! Julia Roberts cuts her hair at her shoulders to run away to Iowa...but by the time she reaches Iowa her hair is back the way it was, and stays this way for the rest of the movie. Safe Haven is a rip off of this movie, but at least it's good. Just watch that instead

Nancy Price is a spell-binding writer who knows how to dodge every Hollywood cliché, as well as any happy ending Hollywood can imagine. Whatever you say about this film you got to admit it overflowed with clams at the box office. It is a good psychological thriller about an abused wife who gets revenge on her abusive husband and a story about men who treat women horribly ,then go to bed with them! Martin's beach front house is Big and Luxurious and one very beautiful beach front property near the sea that is trouble in paradise for Laura (Julia Roberts). First, it has a beautiful haunting score by Goldsmith. Next it has Roberts: beauty and talent. Her facial expressions tell the story. Martin looks at her, she smiles back. Martin turns away she sinks to near tears. It's hard not to feel for her. Roberts is an emotional communicator. Also you've got to give Bergin's acting some credit as a an effective mental case. His flat formal language and flying fist tantrums makes the viewer wonder what is next. He is one scary iceman. He tries for complete control of Laura, her dress, her cupboard, her bathroom towels. Laura is pretty well trapped by this beast. I think about the character Laura and find it very troubling that a woman being bullied can feel hopeless and unable to find help. Some have suggested Laura simply get a restraining order. I think a restraining order wouldn't even slow him down: not a man like that.Despite is amateurish failings, "Sleeping with the Enemy" was a huge hit. "Sleeping With the Enemy" is definitely watchable if you have a couple of hours to spare and if you can suspend disbelief and just sit back and enjoy it for the cheesiness of it and the 'easy on the eye' aspect. A great insight to how domestic violence can be at this extreme and how difficult it would be for the wife to escape the violence the amount of planing it would take and the time this would take while still being in extreme danger. The is a great film worth watching time and time again.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

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.

This is a thrilling and exciting movie about a woman, Laura (Laura Roberts) who fakes her own death in a boating accident in order to escape her physically abusive husband, Martin (Patrick Bergin).The suspense in this movie builds as we see the controlling and abusive behavior of Martin to Laura finally finding the opportunity to escape and hiding traces of her actually surviving the boating accident. Laura hiding out in a small town in Iowa makes the audience wonder if she is really safe and when/if Martin might be on to her scheme, providing enough intrigue to make the movie go at an exciting pace. The plot does drag a little when Laura meets Ben (Kevin Anderson), and the two of them at the theater scene is a little sappy. But, overall it's still an exciting movie, with a heart-pounding climax.Grade A-