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A Balasaur Score of 53 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 26%, Metacritic 45/100. Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,883 1990s drama movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes26%
Metacritic45/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
1,082 audience votes
Key crew
- Ian McEwanScreenplay
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Joseph RubenDirector
Cast
- Macaulay CulkinHenry Evans
- Elijah WoodMark Evans
- Wendy CrewsonSusan Evans
- David MorseJack Evans
- Daniel Hugh KellyWallace Evans
- Jacqueline BrookesAlice Davenport
- Quinn CulkinConnie Evans
- Ashley CrowJanice Evans
- Guy StraussArizona Doctor
- Keith BravaDoctor in Blackport
- Jerem GoodwinFactory Worker
- Andria HallReporter
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Themes
parent child relationshipsadismpsychopathsadisticmanipulationdeceptionsociopathmurderproblem childdeceitdisbelieflying