The psychological drama starring Julia Roberts, follows Laura; a young lady who adopts a new identity after faking her death with her obsessive husband only to find her nemesis coming after her in the nearest future.
...ultimately undone by a relentless emphasis on obvious and downright laughable elements that'll surely leave even the most ingenuous viewer sporadically rolling their eyes.
A patently silly, uninteresting thriller that's devoid of surprises.
TV Guide
February 08, 2008
Sleeping With the Enemy teeters constantly on the verge of silliness but director Joseph Ruben keeps the cornball melodrama scaled down to a pleasant lull.
It's the sort of movie where all of the characters and plot moves (if one wants to call them that) are tailored to the thriller mechanics and have no existence apart from their crude functionality.
