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A Balasaur Score of 52 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 24%, Metacritic 48/100. Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,872 1990s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes24%
Metacritic48/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
1,269 audience votes
Key crew
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Joseph RubenDirector
- Ronald BassScreenplay
Cast
- Julia RobertsLaura Burney / Sara Walters
- Patrick BerginMartin Burney
- Kevin AndersonBen Woodward
- Elizabeth LawrenceChloe Williams
- Kyle SecorJohn Fleishman
- Tony AbatemarcoLocke
- Claudette NevinsDr. Rissner
- Marita GeraghtyJulie
- Nancy FishWoman on Bus
- Harley VentonGarber
- Sandi ShackelfordEdna
- Bonnie JohnsonMrs. Nepper
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Themes
drowningescapeiowaviolent husbandpsychological abusedomestic abusedomestic violenceolder man younger woman relationshipbeach housenursing homecape codfake death