Hush (1998)

Best movie ever!

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Blistering performances.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Hush (1998) is a thriller about a new mother in law who's hiding a dark secret. It stars Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Johnathon Schaech. I love thrillers and mysteries, especially when it features actors and actresses I like. I am a big Lange and Paltrow fan, they are both great actresses. They turn in fine performances here, to be honest Jessica Lange is the best part. If the cast had been different I'm not sure I would've liked this film at all. It does have flaws, the writing is average at best and it's not the most exciting thriller to watch. I'm only giving Hush a 7/10 because of how much I enjoyed the performances. I was disappointed by the script, I thought it had a lot more potential. The potential wasn't completed wasted, but a good bit of it was and it could've been a lot better.

A Cheesy Chick-Flick that Wimps Out when it Needs to be Wild and Crazy, considering the Trashy and Terror Roots. Jessica Lang pulls out all the Nuances Needed to make the Movie a Guilty Pleasure. Her Character is Guilty of many Horrifying Things.Southern Fried Cooking burnt to a Crispy Critter and the Critters get a more than Needed amount of Focus. It's a Stud Farm as a Setting and Lang's Mother-In-Law from Hell is Stud Crazy with Her now Deceased Husband and Unhealthy and Maniacal Behavior with Her Doting Son.The Movie has No Qualms in going for the Lurid but seems Reluctant to go for Cheap Thrills and it Ends Up not Delivering on the Visceral Needed in this Type of Thriller. Critics absolutely Hated this Mess, but Audiences (especially Females) seem to give it a Pass, perhaps because it Literally Hits Home with the Family Ties, Romantic Relationships, and Pregnancy.Despite all of the Problems the Movie Manages to Rise to Watchability Status, mostly because of Lang and and Gwyneth Paltrow's Interactions. Nina Foch's Down to Earth grounding as a "See All, Knows All" Grandmother also Helps add some Sense of Hope in a Hopeless Situation.But the Movie will have None of that "Hopelessness" Stuff and the Ending is somewhat of a Letdown. Average Soap Opera and Below Average Thriller.

Just saw this on TV. I knew from the caption summary that it was supposed to be a thriller but it wasn't until the middle of the movie that the suspense began to build. At least Gwyn seemed like a real person. She wasn't unbelievably dumb or pretentious. Her evil, manipulative mother-in-law was obviously just a fictitious character that probably never existed and Jessica played it that way. The best scene in the whole movie was when Gwyn slapped Jessica. The witch deserved far more and far worse, but at least she got something. I wouldn't watch this again. It wasn't over the top enough to just laugh it off as a comedy. Like most movies, it used up 2 more hours of my precious life.

Jackson Baring takes his girlfriend Helen to his family's horse farm Kilronin. Jackson's mother Martha has been running the place but would like her son to take over. Jackson and Helen are living together in New York City and are reluctant to leave that life. But Helen somehow gets pregnant, even though she was using birth control, and the two get married and eventually do take over the farm.Jackson blames himself for his father's death when he was 7. Martha knows the truth but won't tell him, and she seems to have an unnatural relationship with her son. It's almost as if she sees his father and wants to be with him in that way. And she sees the baby as a means of continuing the legacy, but not a child to be loved, at least not in the way most people would. Her treatment of Helen is strange, as if Helen is only useful until the baby is born, and then she will be in the way.The ending is exciting and sort of creepy at the same time.Jessica Lange does a fine job here as Jackson's overly controlling and demented mother. However, Nina Foch gives the standout performance as Jackson's grandmother, who is kept in a fancy nursing home because only she knows the truth about how her son died.I think all the leading actors did a good job here. I usually can't stand Debi Mazar, who was a co-worker to Helen and possibly her boss, but I would like to have seen more of her here. But if Helen had to move out of New York, I guess keeping her job was out of the question.I suppose my favorite scene was the one where Helen gets out of bed naked and meets her mother-in-law for the first time. That one was edited for TV in such a way it seemed kind of jerky and I didn't get to see much, but a lot depends on how one sees this movie.It's not typical of what I like in a movie, but still entertaining.