Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

The acting in this movie is really good.

I saw this on VHS rental (after it left theatres)The acting is good, no doubt. I found the story difficult to follow, because I hadn't read the book.There were several things in the movie I admired. Her breaking a light to show herself where their beach-house was after dark was clever. The explanations of her mother "dying" and finding out her mother was simply moved was interesting. (Now, after going through seniors housing applications, I see how little reality is shown in that part) JR acting was very good, as always.Until reading these reviews, I hadn't realized the bedroom scene was a "rape". Her arranging the pantry and the towels in a panicky manner certainly showed that the consequences for not doing so were likely dire. I didn't realize about the beach-house seldom being used until after her leaving.There were also things I wasn't impressed with: the husband's quick finding of her. The "big reveal" of the cupboard, showing her that she's been found. Him permitting her to call the police, her telling the police that she just killed an intruder, and his realizing what she just said. After her leaving, the movie does become rather clunky.I might be the only one who noticed, but the similarity in the appearance of Patrick Bergin and Tom Skeerit is just gross. (Tom Skeerit played Drum Eatenton in "Steel Magnolias": Shelby's father.) So, because of the appearance similarity, it seemed incestuousI think it's a good enough movie that I'd like to find the book it's drawn from.I've only seen it the once, but it does stand out in my memory as a clunky movie. Which is really too bad, I think Ms. Roberts deserves better.

SWTE is a very, very simplistic psychological thriller full of questionable situations - which really insults ones intelligence!Martin is supposed to be a short-tempered and obsessive husband but these qualities are not properly presented at all in the beginning, leading up to the boat tragedy in the sea. And the manner in which Martin "discovers" his supposedly dead wife is totally artificial and laughable.Btw, I think Robert Bergin - with his very, very decent looks - is NOT the right actor for this negative role. He hardly impressed me. It is as if he was deliberately trying to be frightening. I sincerely want someone to remake this movie and create a serious, well-plotted and well-presented psychological thriller out of it – devoid of "insults to one's intelligence".This is a totally stupid film made by – hold your breath! – a very experienced director who'd done some memorable films. And it is shocking that this joke of a film was a big hit! Shocking indeed!On the plus side, I really enjoyed the background music of the film and loved the beach house Martin and Laura were living in.

Fresh from her success in Steel Magnolias, Pretty Woman and Flatliners Julia Roberts takes the lead role in "Sleeping With The Enemy"Sleeping with the enemy is a good title, because if the is movie is the enemy, then sleeping is what most viewers will end up doing. I can't complain too much about this movie. Snore through it, maybe, but not complain. Some of it is so ludicrous I wondered whether it was originally conceived as a spoof comedy. I found my spirits sinking the longer I watched it. The opening scenes on the beach were effective and had promise, but the rest if the movie is a complete waste of time. It is essentially a slasher movie in disguise, complete with jumpy soundtrack and a plot that is full of countless holes.Of the cast, Roberts looks good, but that is it, Patrick Bergman seems to be doing a Burt Reynolds impression when nobody (and I mean nobody) not even Burt Reynolds wanted to be Burt Reynolds. He is so cliché, I'm not sure his character is meant to be as funny as he seems. As of the rest they seem to be from a struggling local amateur dramatic group and all just seem happy to be there.How this movie grossed what it did amazes me. My advice is give it a miss. Avoid it like the plague. Tell your friends to pass it by. The acting is bad, bad, bad (Roberts included)

Sleeping with the Enemy is a psychological thriller film starring Julia Roberts.Patrick Bergin,Kevin Anderson,Elizabeth Lawrence,Kyle Secor and Claudette Nevins co-star to play supporting roles. The film is based on Nancy Price's novel of the same title. Roberts plays a woman who escapes from her abusive, obsessive husband from Cape Cod to Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she captures the attention of a kindly college drama teacher.Laura Burney, the wife of a rich investment counselor, Martin. 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. Laura fakes her own death by drowning, and relocates to Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she changes her name to Sara Waters. She starts a relationship with her friendly Iowa neighbor Ben Woodward but her happiness is short-lived. Martin has discovered that Laura has staged her drowning and is coming to Iowa to reclaim his possession.It's the sort of movie where all of the characters and plot moves are tailored to the thriller mechanics and have no existence apart from their crude functionality.The only good thing about it is Julia Roberts' presence and her performance as Laura.