Raising Cain
1992 Directed by Brian De Palma
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When neighborhood kids begin vanishing, Jenny (Lolita Davidovich) suspects her child psychologist husband, Carter, may be resuming the deranged experiments his father performed on Carter when he was young. Now, it falls to Jenny to unravel the mystery. And as more children disappear, she fears for her own child's safety. John Lithgow plays creepy multiple roles as Carter, his evil twin and their father in director Brian De Palma's wicked shocker.
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Vi esta película a los doce años como las vacas miran el tren. Anoche, en cambio, la epifanía fue de órdago. Realidad, sueños y flashbacks agitados en una película que demuestra que lo magistral y lo ridículo pueden entremezclarse sin peligro siempre que te apellides "De Palma".
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Even a film genius like De Palma is entitled to one f*ck up. This film is a muddy mess, even the brilliant acting of Lithgow couldn't save it. Hard to follow and evern harder to give two shits about the characters.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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An incoherent mess if ever I saw one. Lithgow does his best to ham it up whenever possible but everyone else is a blank space. I dig De Palma but there is one shot that unforgivably rips off Psycho. I guess you never know what goes over well as homage and what doesn't stick. For me, this didn't stick. It dribbled slowly down the wall of shame.
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A muddled thriller with bags of bad ass Lithgow action. Aiming for Hitchock, De Palma just manages to fall short, creating a decent, but clumsy, suspense flick. Lithgow's performances are stellar, but one amazing steady-cam shot manages to steal the show.
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This doesn't have the De Palma magic, and without it, the whole thing finally becomes as laughable as his other films flirt with but overcome through sheer movie making joy. There are a couple great moments, but they're really too brief to save the film. Supposedly it's a compromised vision, but I have a hard time believing the real deal would be any less silly. Not even Lithgow is that special here.
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Thriller, John Lithgow
John Lithgow is a child psychologist who kidnaps children to study them. MINOR SPOILER : He plays 5 different characters throughout this film. I love seeing him go between a timid character and a bold sarcastic one from shot to shot.
I've read a lot of reviews here complain that this was hard to follow or didn't make much sense, I didn't find that to be the case. Maybe I was fooled into thinking I was following the movie lol. Any way I really liked this movie when it came out, back then it blew my mind. This film also introduced me to how great of an actor John Lithgow is. I really wish he did more… -
Tiene todo lo que me gusta de Brian De Palma, argumentos locos, actores desatados, climax delirantes, travellings maravillosos y homenajes más o menos velados a Hitchcock. Un disfrute total.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Vi esta película a los doce años como las vacas miran el tren. Anoche, en cambio, la epifanía fue de órdago. Realidad, sueños y flashbacks agitados en una película que demuestra que lo magistral y lo ridículo pueden entremezclarse sin peligro siempre que te apellides "De Palma".
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NB: this was the re-cut version of the film (see this for details: bit.ly/UJZSS4)
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An incoherent mess if ever I saw one. Lithgow does his best to ham it up whenever possible but everyone else is a blank space. I dig De Palma but there is one shot that unforgivably rips off Psycho. I guess you never know what goes over well as homage and what doesn't stick. For me, this didn't stick. It dribbled slowly down the wall of shame.
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I had fond memories of this film when I saw it in '93. I know know better now..
John Lithgow is great at being very sweet one minute & extremely creepy the next. Mr. Lithgow alone can not save this one. -
It's definitely DePalma, just not how you know him.
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The camera movements and effects in this movie are mind blowing. The last De Palma movie of its type seems to be a lesson to aspiring filmmakers on how to catch the audience's attention.