Nightmare Nanny Returns in New Take on '90s Hit Thriller, 'The Hand that Rocks the Cradle'

‘The Hand that Rocks the Cradle’ review: This remake of the 90s psycho-nanny thriller belongs in the TV movie bargain bin

The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (Disney+, now streaming) raises a question: when is a film a film, in the sense of being something that was designed to be watched in a cinema, and when is it that once-dreaded entity – a TV movie?

Nightmare nanny returns in new take on '90s hit thriller, 'The Hand that Rocks the Cradle'

There is a new take on a thriller that first captivated movie audiences 33 years ago. It's "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle," and it promises to be a very different version of the original.

Is 2025 Remake of 'The Hand That Rocks The Cradle' Different from the 1992 Movie?

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle was a 1992 film directed by Curtis Hanson, and in 2025, the movie was remade with Michelle Garza Cervera in the director’s chair, and Micah Bloomberg in charge of the screenplay. And yeah, this is a proper remake where the core conflict is pretty much the same while almost everything else has been changed to give it a contemporary spin. It’s just a shame that the original was released theatrically and it went on to…

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle remake, and how do directors get a break?

The new The Hand That Rocks The Cradle gives a director a chance to make a Hollywood studio film – and those chances are diminishing. How is an upcoming director supposed to get a break in Hollywood, in the current era of mergers, cost-cutting and fewer films? I’ve been pondering that a little since the Amazon MGM movie G20 arrived earlier this year. Its director is Patricia Riggen, and she was unusually candid when I talked to her about the fil…

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (2025 film)