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Sleeping with the Enemy

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Sleeping with the Enemy
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R,1hr 39min
Genre:
Action
Release:
1991
Director:
Joseph Ruben
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson  ...more
Synopsis: Hot off her success in Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts starred in this thriller about a battered wife stalked by her abusive husband. Roberts plays Laura Burney, the wife of a rich investment counselor, Martin (Patrick Bergin). Martin appreciates his wife as a trophy, but at home he abuses her for not keeping the house as clean as he would like it. The verbal abuse descends into physical violence --so much so that Laura decides to disappear rather than live a life under Martin as a brutalized slave. ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
Joseph Ruben's marital melodrama about an abused housewife is an empty, by-the-numbers thriller. Julia Roberts stars as a fragile young woman who marries a wealthy older man (Patrick Bergin) who proves to be an abusive tyrant. This cautionary tale for young women features a venerable plot that was used by Ruben himself in The Stepfather (1987) and more skillfully by Max Ophuls in Caught (1949). It ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Julia Roberts
Laura Burney/Sara Waters
Patrick Bergin
Martin Burney
Kevin Anderson
Ben Woodward
Elizabeth Lawrence
Chloe
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