This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Second time watching and I chose the Director's Cut this time. And I've got to say, I much prefer it. Quite a hallucinatory experience. Once again, this film held my attention throughout and just flew by. It's absolutely hilarious but also suspenseful and, at times, terrifying. Meshing comedy with horror can be quite a difficult task, so this film is obviously firing on all cylinders. Visually stunning, better pacing throughout the director's edition, wonderful score, and a dreamlike atmosphere. All of these things add up to make a film that's really quite appealing despite what others have said.

this is a good Saturday night feature to view! make some popcorn and get ready for a weird but fun ride. famous actors are in it which surprised me because it is a cheesy film but entertaining .not gory like today's offerings. it held my attention to the very end. give it a try and you just might enjoy it!

Just one year before his big critical and commercial comeback with "Carlito's Way", Brian De Palma wrote and directed this cute little black comedy about mother-killing and child-kidnapping! It's one of his few misfires: the script is weak, sometimes muddled (there are a few too many dream sequences) and at other times explaining at length things that the audience has already understood. There are parts of this film that are actually boring, which is usually the last thing De Palma's films can be accused of. But it's not a total write-off: John Lithgow has a field day playing multiple roles, there are some De Palma visual flourishes, and the opening sequence - especially the "sneezing" part - is absolutely hilarious and unforgettable! ** out of 4.

Dr. Carter Nix (John Lithgow) is a child psychologist desperate to get test subjects for his father's research. He has multiple personality disorder. He kidnaps his wife's friend and her two kids. His wife Jenny (Lolita Davidovich) suspects Carter who is studying their daughter Amy. Her old flame Jack Dante (Steven Bauer) pursues her after the death of his wife who was Jenny's patient at the hospital. Their kiss supposedly led to her death.This is written and directed by the great Brian de Palma. There is a deliberate cheesiness about this movie that threw me off right away. The multiple personality disorder is cheese of the highest order. The rest of the movie is also very cheesy. Jenny and Jack's affair is full-on cheese whiz with slow motion kissing that caused his wife's death. It's the dream reveals. There are so many 'Dressed to Kill' references that this may as well be a sequel. It never stops which leads me to question if all of it is intentional. I decided that he didn't intentionally set out to make a bad movie.