Hush
TriStar Pictures | Release Date: March 6, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
18
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
2
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The kind of movie where you walk in, watch the first 10 minutes, know exactly where it's going, and hope devoutly that you're wrong. Read full review
40
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Unfortunately, almost everything about the film is so unbelievable and misjudged that only the most gullible audiences will feel any transporting thrill at the end other than from the movie finally being over. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
[Lange] does give the movie the only excitement it possesses -- the frisson of a hideous thrill -- but it's still an excruciating embarrassment. Read full review
38
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
This trashy, overwrought thriller gets itself worked up into a fine, sleazy lather that recalls the matricidal glories "Die! Die! My Darling!" and "You'll Like My Mother", then wimps out at the end. Read full review
38
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
t's far too soon for an actress as vital as Jessica Lange to stoop to Bette Davis-Joan Crawford horror-hag histrionics. [6 Mar 1998, pg.04D]
25
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Hush has three very simple problems: it's incredibly dumb, it's incredibly boring, and it's incredibly predictable (at least up to the stupefying ending). Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
Lange seems at a loss to know how to convey Martha's malevolence -- and writer-director Jonathan Darby offers almost no guidance. Read full review
25
San Francisco ExaminerBarbara Shulgasser
Hush, which is an absurdly bad mixture of "Rosemary's Baby" and any Bette Davis movie from the 1960s, seems to be a classic case of a grasping mother trying to possess her beloved son. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorStaff(Not credited)
Lange and Paltrow give it their all, but they can't save this one from plot holes, continuity mistakes, and heartlessness. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Darby and co-screenwriter Michael Cristofer ("Breaking Up") telegraph every available bit of plot seemingly hours before it's necessary, resulting in a tawdry, boring mish-mash of genre clichés and arched eyebrows. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesDavid Chute
Hush is a would-be suspense film without a single major plot twist that isn't ham-handed. [9 Mar 1998, pg.F4]
16
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
When you watch this failed horror thriller -- which has been under studio doctors' care for some two years, undergoing futile title changes and reshoots -- there's no respite from the odor of flop sweat stinking up the screen. Read full review
10
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The writing and directing of Jonathan Darby, a British TV veteran and Hollywood executive, make the proceedings neither believable nor compelling, so what might have been another "Rosemary's Baby" isn't even a halfway decent genre exercise. Read full review
0
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The movie... hasn't the foggiest notion whether it's a soap opera or a horror film, and wanders around in a generic fog. Read full review
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