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Raising Cain

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Raising Cain (1992)

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Reviews Counted: 18 Fresh: 9  Rotten:9 Average Rating: 4.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Synopsis:
John Lithgow goes bananas in a crazed multiple role as a child psychologist haunted by his deranged twin in this film from Brian De Palma (who explored similar territory in his earlier feature SISTERS). Inspired by Hitchcock as well as Michael Powell's classic PEEPING TOM, this study in... [More]
John Lithgow goes bananas in a crazed multiple role as a child psychologist haunted by his deranged twin in this film from Brian De Palma (who explored similar territory in his earlier feature SISTERS). Inspired by Hitchcock as well as Michael Powell's classic PEEPING TOM, this study in abnormality has child psychologist Dr. Carter Nix (Lithgow) beginning to go bonkers around his young daughter. Wife Jenny (Lolita Davidovich) is a little concerned but too guilty over her affair with another man (Steven Bauer) to do anything about it. It's not until local children start disappearing that Jenny begins to realize that her husband might be continuing the demented experiments performed on him as a child by his own father, an infamous psychiatrist who's been wanted by the police for years. As the number of missing children rises, it is up to Jenny to unravel just what is going on before her own daughter vanishes as well. The highlight here is Lithgow, creepy and magnificent in not less then three distinct roles. It's a gleefully insane little chiller that features some great De Palma set pieces and will keep even dyed-in-the-wool suspense fans guessing. [Less]

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen, Gregg Henry

Director: Brian De Palma

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Release:

Sep 8, 1998

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Rather than clarifying, De Palma's technique with Raising Cain effectively obliterates the audience's bearings.

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08/19/06 02:28 PM
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine
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06/24/06 03:29 AM
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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A respectable if overly campy De Palma thriller. Like the director's Body Double, this plays better the second time you watch it.

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01/24/06 07:51 PM
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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Creepy and effective

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10/29/05 12:09 AM
Clint Morris
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10/10/05 08:31 PM
Cole Smithey
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Weak thriller. Lost potential. Lithgow is good.

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07/19/05 11:14 AM
Alex Sandell
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07/04/05 11:11 AM
Emanuel Levy
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De Palma's worst film

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11/26/03 09:58 PM
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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07/26/03 02:31 PM
Jules Brenner
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05/20/03 05:11 PM
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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04/10/03 05:28 PM
Walter Chaw
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03/23/03 08:08 AM
Robert Roten
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01/24/03 10:19 AM
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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11/15/02 03:20 PM
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)
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Laughably awful

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08/26/02 10:51 PM
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Brian De Palma's cruel joke on his fans.

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07/26/02 09:43 AM
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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07/26/02 12:37 AM
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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De Palma is a director who has managed to annoy as many people as he's won over, so why should this movie be any different?

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08/24/01 07:07 PM
Shane Burridge
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05/12/01 11:56 PM
Peter Travers
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