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Movie Info

Suburban Boston professional couple Andy (Bill Pullman) and Tracy (Nicole Kidman) become entangled with cocky trauma surgeon Dr. Jed Hill (Alec Baldwin), an old classmate of Andy's whom they invite to become their tenant in the large Victorian home they're renovating. Things become even more tangled when college dean Andy becomes implicated in a campus serial rape investigation and Jed performs an emergency surgery on Tracy with unforeseen complications that disrupt all their lives.

Rating:

R
Genre:

mystery & thriller, drama, crime
Original Language:

English
Director:

Harold Becker
Producer:

Harold Becker, Charles Mulvehill, Rachel Pfeffer
Writer:

Aaron Sorkin, Scott Frank
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 27, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA):

$46.0M
Runtime:

1h 47m
Production Co:

Castle Rock Entertainment, Nelvana, New Line Cinema
Sound Mix:

Stereo, Surround

Cast & Crew

Alec Baldwin
Dr. Jed Hill

Nicole Kidman
Tracy Kennsinger

Bill Pullman
Andy Safian

Bebe Neuwirth
Det. Dana Harris

George C. Scott
Dr. Martin Kessler

Anne Bancroft
Mrs. Kennsinger

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Critic Reviews for Malice

All Critics (30) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (13)

A melodramatic thriller which did surprisingly well in the US given its implausible straight-to-video scenario. Undistinguished.

March 4, 2019 | Full Review…

Tom Huddleston
Time Out
It's got suspense but no staying power.

March 4, 2019 | Full Review…

Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
The only thing that makes this ludicrous botch even borderline watchable is Alec Baldwin's enjoyably supercilious performance as a leering stud surgeon who thinks nothing of belting back shots of bourbon before going in to perform an operation.

March 4, 2019 | Rating: C- | Full Review…

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
Offhand, this is the only movie I can recall in which an entire subplot about a serial killer is thrown in simply for atmosphere.

March 4, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
No matter how wild the plot reversals, there's always a slightly madder one to come.

March 4, 2019 | Full Review…

Vincent Canby
New York Times
Maybe it depends on how you feel about such intrusions but me, I don't welcome malice as my primary movie-going experience.

October 25, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
In its efforts to be unpredictable, the film instead becomes unbelievable.

September 14, 2020 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review…

Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Malice is a film that very much wants to be a combination of Body Heat and classic Hitchcock -- but how you take to it will depend on your patience with silly cliches and plot holes large enough to hide dinosaurs.

March 4, 2019 | Full Review…

Chris Hicks
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
The plot is twisty enough to keep you guessing through most of the film, but not all of it.

March 4, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
The plot mechanics are well-oiled and above average for this type of vehicle.

March 4, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Greg Muskewitz
eFilmCritic.com
Malice belongs to its trio of leads -- all giving terrific performances, with Kidman's transitions creating an especially memorable screen portrait. But then Sorkin's sharp, smart dialogue gives them a lot to work with.

April 17, 2018 | Full Review…

Malcolm Johnson
Hartford Courant
There can't have been much aforethought to Malice, Harold Becker's preposterous new thriller.

December 7, 2017 | Full Review…

Quentin Curtis
Independent on Sunday

A melodramatic thriller which did surprisingly well in the US given its implausible straight-to-video scenario. Undistinguished.

March 4, 2019 | Full Review…

Tom Huddleston
Time Out
It's got suspense but no staying power.

March 4, 2019 | Full Review…

Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
The only thing that makes this ludicrous botch even borderline watchable is Alec Baldwin's enjoyably supercilious performance as a leering stud surgeon who thinks nothing of belting back shots of bourbon before going in to perform an operation.

March 4, 2019 | Rating: C- | Full Review…

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
Offhand, this is the only movie I can recall in which an entire subplot about a serial killer is thrown in simply for atmosphere.

March 4, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
In its efforts to be unpredictable, the film instead becomes unbelievable.

September 14, 2020 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review…

Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Malice is a film that very much wants to be a combination of Body Heat and classic Hitchcock -- but how you take to it will depend on your patience with silly cliches and plot holes large enough to hide dinosaurs.

March 4, 2019 | Full Review…

Chris Hicks
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
The plot is twisty enough to keep you guessing through most of the film, but not all of it.

March 4, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
The plot mechanics are well-oiled and above average for this type of vehicle.

March 4, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Greg Muskewitz
eFilmCritic.com
Malice belongs to its trio of leads -- all giving terrific performances, with Kidman's transitions creating an especially memorable screen portrait. But then Sorkin's sharp, smart dialogue gives them a lot to work with.

April 17, 2018 | Full Review…

Malcolm Johnson
Hartford Courant
There can't have been much aforethought to Malice, Harold Becker's preposterous new thriller.

December 7, 2017 | Full Review…

Quentin Curtis
Independent on Sunday
...a superior thriller that does, more than 20 years later, remain one of the best examples of the genre.

August 13, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
As easy to take as a college course in basket-weaving.

February 22, 2015 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

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Audience Reviews for Malice

Jan 13, 2012

Quite dumb. This was the Alec Baldwin that was out there before he got older and actually made an effort to act. This is the young one that you hated. Remember? The annoying personality would always leak into any character that he portrayed at that time.

John B Super Reviewer
Sep 07, 2010

(1993 Director: Harold Becker) Nice plot twists...Amazing performance by Nicole Kidman. (more review to follow)

Teresa S Super Reviewer
Sep 05, 2010

Alec Baldwin stars in this thriller as Dr. Jed Hill, a brilliant young trauma specialist who begins to believe he can do no wrong after he saves the life of a patient given up for dead by another doctor. Jed runs into an old classmate, Andy Safian (Bill Pullman), who is now a college dean. Andy invites Jed to stay with him in the attic bedroom of a house he is renovating with his wife Tracy (Nicole Kidman). Tracy takes a dislike to Jed, whom she thinks is a psychotic egomaniac. In the mean time, Andy has to deal with a serial killer on the loose among the campus dorms. While Andy is helping belligerent law enforcement officials with the murder investigation and Jed is drinking straight shots at the local saloon, Tracy begins to have abdominal pains and is rushed to the emergency room. Jed comes directly from the bar and slices her open, removing more from her body cavity than he should. The allegations fly fast and furious between Tracy, Andy, and Jed.

Martin D Super Reviewer
Nov 25, 2009

Just watched this one again and it is not as good as I remember. It was filmed near my hometown in Western Massachusetts. Bill Pullman is pretty good in this and so is both Kidman and Baldwin. The twist in the movie is now just okay but may have been good the first time I saw this. Not a believable relationship between Pullman and Kidman though. Good cameo from George C Scott but the best one is the late Anne Bancroft who plays the bitter mother and is only in the movie a few minutes but it is great acting. In all an okay suspense storyline but not the best movie. Hated Bebe Neuwirth in this one.

Matthew L Super Reviewer