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HUSH (1998)

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Rateds: PG-13, Unrated; Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Foreign Language, Suspense; With: Jonathan Schaech, Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kazuya Takahashi and Seiichi Tanabe; Distributors: Strand Releasing and TriStar Pictures

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By Denise Lanctot

Women who hate their mothers-in-law might love this tepid thriller. Lange steps into Faye Dunaway's screen shoes as a Mommie-in-Law Dearest named Martha, a Southern belle who will do anything to keep her darling son (Schaech) close to home. The daughter-in-law, pasty Helen (Paltrow), doesn't stand a chance against the machinations of this psycho, and Paltrow, giving a Gap commercial of a performance, is equally overwhelmed by Lange. The film's real poignancy comes from seeing Lange lavish her art on this third-rate melodrama.

Posted Sep 11, 1998

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