It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

If you are interested in Stone's cinematic evolution or you like to spend time watching horror movies, this one is watchable. Using a part of body as an horror object might be an original idea at that time. Yet, I don't recommend the movie to those who prefer more realistic psychological thrillers because the script becomes more and more supernatural while watching the film and psychological explanations for actions of the hand and its owner are rather weak. I think the final 10 or 15 minutes of the film surprised many watchers at that time, but for today's horror movie admirers, it can be dull. The dialogs between Jonathan Lansdale and Bruce McGill are worth listening. I like Stone's camera angles serving to show the scene to us from the point of view of the hand, especially the one from within the grass. In addition, two women characters of the film, Stella Roche and Anne Lansdale, are powerful, independent, beautiful and interesting. I appreciate it.

I just saw this on my phone and I wanted to comment on the aspect of psyche vs reality. It is really futile to discuss if the hand is "real" because it is not possible obviously for a severed hand to act like that. Having understood that one should think of the psychological aspects of the movie. I think this is a great horror movie but the description of paranoia and delusions is quite weak since we never really get a feeling that Lansdale is suffering very much whereas such mental stated would be extremely unpleasant and not funny. The plot is also extremely predictable whereas an ec horror or twilight zone would have a good twist this movie is really too long and predictable.

Successful comic book artist Jon Lansdale (an excellent and credible performance by Michael Caine) loses his right hand in a freak automobile accident. Various people who anger Jon begin to disappear. Is the hand responsible for what's happening? Or is Jon's troubled mind imagining everything? Writer/director Oliver Stone handles the potentially silly and laughable premise with admirable maturity, intelligence, and seriousness: The plot is grounded in a believable everyday reality, cheap shocks and excessive gore gets eschewed in favor of compellingly ambiguous psychological horror, the perspective remains refreshingly dark and adult throughout, and the tense and spooky mood of intriguing mystery keeps the viewer guessing right to the very end. Moreover, the movie often plays more like a bleak domestic drama with horror elements than a straight-up frightfest. The fine acting by the tip-top cast holds the picture together: Caine does sterling work in the lead, with sound support from Andrea Marcovicci as Jon's fed-up New Age wife Anne, Annie McEnroe as smitten college student paramour Stella Roche, Mara Hobel as Jon's sweet daughter Lizzie, Bruce McGill as gregarious redneck college psychology professor Brian Ferguson, Viveca Lindfors as a tough shrink, and Rosemary Murphy as compassionate agent Karen Wagner. The convincing make-up f/x rate as another substantial asset. Both King Baggot's sharp cinematography and James Horner's shivery score are up to speed. A worthwhile shocker.

I don't know if I was in a rare forgiving frame of mind but The Hand actually worked for me.It doesn't go very deep in the psychological department and just about every average viewer can spot the twist but then the end just throws everything out the window and leaves the audience shouting; What the ****! But it's well acted, especially by Caine who completely earns viewer's sympathy. Writer/director Oliver Stone effortlessly builds up suspense and atmosphere and some scenes here do work really well. Technical aspects are surprisingly well handled and make up effects are gruesome and well done.While The Hand won't go down as a cinematic masterpiece, it's a solid thriller nonetheless.