Hush | | Cast : | Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow | | Director : | Jonathan Darby | | Studio : | Columbia/Tristar Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | March 06, 1998 | | DVD Released Date : | March 23, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | January 04, 2005 | | Summary | THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH | Content
 | There must be some unwritten law in Hollywood that former Actress Oscar winners or nominees at one point in their career have to make this kind of over the top thriller movie. Just look back at Tallulah Bankhead (Die Die My Darling), Joan Crawford (Strait-Jacket, Berserk, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane), Bette Davis (Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, Baby Jane), Olivia deHavilland (Lady in a Cage, Charlotte), Talia Shire (The Landlady, Kim Novak (Tales That Witness Madness); the list goes on and on. So now we have Best Actress Winners Jessica Lange and Gwyneth Paltrow in this sordid, uneven, but ultimately entertaining potboiler. This time it's Lange who chews up the scenery as the doting mother of handsome Johnathon Schaech (Judas, That Thing You Do, The Forsaken). Schaech has brought home for Christmas his live in love, played rather ineffectively by a listless Gwyneth Paltrow. Of course, Mommy seems to have more than a motherly love for dear Johnathon, so she sets out to make sure she gets control of their lives. Lange does a credible job in this overly written, underly developed role, but it is the late Nina Foch as Schaech's paternal grandmother who steals the acting honors. At times feisty and crude, she maintains an air of compassion and love that rises above Lange's self-centeredness. Too bad she's not in the movie a little more. As noted, Christopher Young's score is wonderful and the Virginia countryside is gorgeous. Not quite as hammy as Die Die My Darling, but similarly a Grand Guignol of a tale. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 28, 2004 | | Summary | Southern Maternal Love Gone Plumb Mad! | Content
| "Hush" serves up a down-home southern "charm" that would put Oedipus himself to shame. Only child, Jackson Baring, played by Johnathan Schaech is the quintessential and clueless man-child mama's boy. His love interest and the first girlfriend he has ever brought home to meet his mama (no wonder!), Helen, played quite off-kilter by Gwyneth Paltrow. They journey to the Baring's Thoroughbred Horse Farm, Kilronan for Christmas to meet "mama". Jessica Lange, is mama Martha Baring. Lange superbly but quite over the top plays Jackson's demanding, clinging, cross between Queen Jocasta & Blanche Du Bois on crack mama. Martha fawns, flirts, grabs, and kisses on her only baby boy in quite a non-maternal way through most of the film. Martha is obsessed and quite in love with her own son and has done some "doozies" to keep him where she wants him. Hal Halbrook has a nice couple of scenes as obstetrician, Dr. Franklin Hill and ol' dame, Nina Foch (Spartacus, The Ten Commandments, Scaramouche) turns in a terrific performance as Great Aunt Alice Baring that has been on to Martha for years and knows exactly what she is capable of. Torture, drugging, murder, lust & incestuous thoughts and deeds ensue! A great thriller with decent performances and a strong storyline all the way around. Happy Watching and Be Careful Of Those Momster-In-Laws! |
| Rating | | | Date | March 19, 2004 | | Summary | Underrated | Content
| I saw Hush in theaters when I was about 11. I remember seeing the trailer on TV, thinking wow this movie is going to be a classic! Well, I saw the movie and I still thought it was a classic--possibly because it was my first exposure to Jessica Lange, who gives an indelible performance. Although many have said Hush is a forgettable film, I believe it is quite the contrary. 1997 was a few years ago and this film stands firmly within my memory. It really is an excellent throwback to the Joan Crawford and Bette Davis thrillers of the 1960s. First, there is beautiful cinematography, a lush score, and excellent acting (besides Gwyneth Paltrow, who positively sucks in this film!). Its true that you long for Lange to hit Paltrow with a lamp, to stop her insufferable whining! This is a far cry from her excellent performance in the recent Sylvia. I guess the thing you will love about Hush is that it is fun to watch. It is not garbage like most people would have you believe, but in fact a very well-made, well-acted, classy thriller with a great score and a great star (Lange). And, for the record, the plot is great! |
| Rating | | | Date | September 04, 2003 | | Summary | The Mother-In-Law From Hell! | Content
| This was a great thriller about a jealous mother-in-law that believes she's losing her son to his new wife. So she begins terrorizing her so they will move back in with her on her farm. But the woman begins to uncover dark family secrets resulting in more harassment from the mother-in-law. Things continue to escalate to the point of violence and madness between the two. You should definatly see this heart-pounding thriller! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 20, 2003 | | Summary | c'mon its not that bad a movie! | Content
| This is one of those campy movies thats so bad its good. the reason i watched it is becasue jessica lange is one of my favorite actresses. she plays an overbearing mother who tries to kill her sons wife played by the revolting gywneth paltrow. Jessica Lange played the part so right it was downright campy. when i saw the movie in the theater and it showed jessica lange's shadow with the needle people were laughing. thats just the type of movie it is. and like another reviewer, i noticed differences in the trailer and this version which leads me to believe they changed the ending. the preview showed jessica lange slapping gywneth which didnt happen.
in fact gywneth paltrows character was so pathetic i was rooting for jessica lange the whole time.. sorry. i just wanted jessica to haul off and smack gywneth to shut her up. and the whole end scene was just crazy. you can tell they changed the ending. iwould like to see the original ending! nina foch also played it good as the grandmother of jessica's son. all in all a fun campy movie but i would like to see the directors cut also! |
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