Synopsis
Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother, Martha, in order to take care of the family estate. But all is not well in this household. Martha is jealous of her son's affection for Helen, and, despite her Southern smile, she's starting to act strangely. As Helen tries to create a happy home life, Martha attempts to divide the family so that Jackson will become hers alone.
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Cast
- Jessica LangeMartha Baring
- Gwyneth PaltrowHelen Baring
- Johnathon SchaechJackson Baring
- Nina FochAlice Baring
- Debi MazarLisa
- Kaiulani LeeSister O'Shaughnessy
- David ThorntonGavin
- Hal HolbrookDr. Franklin Hill
- Richard LinebackHal Bentall
- Richard KohnClayton Richards
Recommendations
- 50
Chicago Sun-Times
The kind of movie where you walk in, watch the first 10 minutes, know exactly where it's going, and hope devoutly that you're wrong. - 38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
[Lange] does give the movie the only excitement it possesses -- the frisson of a hideous thrill -- but it's still an excruciating embarrassment. - 25
ReelViews
Hush has three very simple problems: it's incredibly dumb, it's incredibly boring, and it's incredibly predictable (at least up to the stupefying ending). - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
Lange seems at a loss to know how to convey Martha's malevolence -- and writer-director Jonathan Darby offers almost no guidance. - 25
San Francisco Examiner
Hush, which is an absurdly bad mixture of "Rosemary's Baby" and any Bette Davis movie from the 1960s, seems to be a classic case of a grasping mother trying to possess her beloved son. - 20
Austin Chronicle
Darby and co-screenwriter Michael Cristofer ("Breaking Up") telegraph every available bit of plot seemingly hours before it's necessary, resulting in a tawdry, boring mish-mash of genre clichés and arched eyebrows. - 20
Los Angeles Times
Hush is a would-be suspense film without a single major plot twist that isn't ham-handed. [9 Mar 1998, pg.F4] - 16
Entertainment Weekly
When you watch this failed horror thriller -- which has been under studio doctors' care for some two years, undergoing futile title changes and reshoots -- there's no respite from the odor of flop sweat stinking up the screen.
