Imay be in the minority when it comes to remakes; if there’s enough time between each one, they don’t always have to justify their existence so long as they’re, well, good. Suffice it to say that’s not usually the case, though there are occasionally a few gems. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle , Hulu’s 2025 remake of the 1992 film from director Curtis Hanson, won’t necessarily stand out, but it’s the kind of remake that falls somewhere in the middle, standing between not so horrible and not so great.

Directed by Michelle Garza Cervera from a screenplay by Micah Bloomberg, the film follows Caitlyn (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a lawyer and mother of two, who hires Polly (Maika Monroe) to be her children’s nanny after the former previously helped her with a landlord situation months prior. M

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