Hush

Name: Hush
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Released: March 6, 1998
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 18
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange

1998

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Overwhelming dislike based on 14 Critics

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HUSH

Movie Details & Credits

TriStar Pictures | Release Date: March 6, 1998

Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange

Summary: An intricate, intense thriller about a young bride (Paltrow) who becomes the emotional pawn of her controlling mother-in-law (Lange). (Sony)

Director: Jonathan Darby

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 96 min

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Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert

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. Read full review

Variety - Todd McCarthy

Unfortunately, almost everything about the film is so unbelievable and misjudged that only the most gullible audiences will feel any transporting thrill at the end other than from the movie finally being over. Read full review

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - Liam Lacey

[Lange] does give the movie the only excitement it possesses -- the frisson of a hideous thrill -- but it's still an excruciating embarrassment. Read full review

Christian Science Monitor - Staff(Not credited)

Lange and Paltrow give it their all, but they can't save this one from plot holes, continuity mistakes, and heartlessness. Read full review

San Francisco Examiner - Barbara Shulgasser

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. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Marc Savlov

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. Read full review

The New York Times - Stephen Holden

The movie... hasn't the foggiest notion whether it's a soap opera or a horror film, and wanders around in a generic fog. Read full review

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