Raising Cain (1992):

Starring:

John Lithgow - Carter / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo

Lolita Davidovich - Jenny

Steven Bauer - Jack Dante

Frances Sternhagen - Dr. Lynn Waldheim

Gregg Henry - Lt. Terri

Tom Bower - Sgt. Cully

Mel Harris - Sarah

Teri Austin - Karen

Gabrielle Carteris - Nan

Director:

Brian De Palma (Carlito's Way; The Untouchables; Scarface)

Synopsis:

Jenny Nix, wife of eminent child psychologist Carter Nix, becomes increasingly concerned about her husband's seemingly obsessive concern over the upbringing of their daughter. Her own adulterous affair with an old flame, however, causes her to neglect her motherly duties until a spate of local kidnappings forces her to accept the possibility that he may be trying to recreate the twisted mind-control experiments of his discredited psychologist father.

Review:

John Lithgow, Acting his way out of a paper bag. Maybe one of his most crowning achievements. Simply because he pulls off multiple personalities like it was an everyday occurrence for him. He is just incredible. However once you get past his incredible roles, there isn't much happening in the film that doesn't revolve around him. Every time the story would switch to Lolita Davidovich's character, or any other character I honestly lost full interest in anything that was happening & found a lot of it to be completely irrelevant. It did play a role in the end, but everything up until then was lame. The concept of the film was great. I love stories that involve the human psyche & hidden layers under layers within the human brain. A lot of people think that this movie is shit compared to Director Brian De Plama's other films because they were all box office & critical successes & they found this one to be too simple minded & poorly written. I strongly disagree, not only because I have only seen a very select few of his other films or because I think John Lithgow is one of the most underrated actors of all time, but the film brings a lot of creativity & intrigue that keeps you wanting to find out more about his dark past. Great film, underrated!!!

Budget: $11,000,000

Box Office: $21,370,059

Profit: $10,370,059

Rotten Tomatoes: 55%

Flixster: 41%

77%

Lead Acting: 15/15

Supporting Cast: 8/15

Plot: 7/10

Compared To The Genre: 9/10

Cinematography: 13/20

Intrigue: 15/20

                                                      Extra: 10/10