Rewatching the juicy parental-nightmare thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle three decades after its release is a reminder of what a polished, versatile craftsman the late Curtis Hanson was. During the 10 years of his filmmaking career that followed, he directed the white-knuckle adventure thriller The River Wild ; the hard-boiled noir L.A. Confidential , which won him an Oscar as co-writer; the bittersweet comedy-drama Wonder Boys ; and the quasi-memoir Eminem hip-hop saga 8 Mile — all of which still hold up.

It’s no big surprise that Hulu ’s new take on The Hand That Rocks the Cradle , directed by Michelle Garza Cervera from a script by Micah Bloomberg, can be filed under “unnecessary remakes.” By those standards, it’s far from the worst. Who remembers 2008’s The Wom

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