The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
2025
Good help is hard to find.
Directed by Michelle Garza Cervera
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Suburban couple Caitlin and Miguel hire the seemingly sweet Polly to take care of their newborn baby. But Polly's true motives have little to do with singing lullabies.
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- Director
- Michelle Garza Cervera
- Written by
- Micah Bloomberg
- Produced by
- Michael Schaefer, Mike Larocca, Ted Field
- Composer
- Ariel Marx
- Cinematographer
- Jo Willems
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 5.7/10 (229 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 43% Rotten
- Metacritic
- 52/100
- IMDb
- 5.3/10 (9,620 votes)
Cast
Maika Monroe
Polly Murphy
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Caitlin Morales
Raúl Castillo
Miguel Morales
Mileiah Vega
Emma Morales
Nora Contreras
Josie Morales
Lola Contreras
Josie Morales
Martin Starr
Stewart
Yvette Lu
Amelia
Riki Lindhome
Bethanny
Shannon Cochran
Rosanna
Arabella Olivia Clark
Young Polly
Avery Tiiu Essex
Young Caitlin
Zale Morris
Henry
Brian Carpenter
Older Man
Elena Campbell-Martinez
Marta Morales
Rafael Sigler
Javi Morales
Roxy Rivera
Doctor
DaJuan Johnson
Woman at Hotel
Crew
Michelle Garza Cervera
Director
Micah Bloomberg
Screenplay
Michael Schaefer
Producer
Mike Larocca
Producer
Ted Field
Producer
Ariel Marx
Original Music Composer
Jo Willems
Director of Photography
Kay Lee
Production Design
Maria Frisk
Executive Producer
Michael Napoliello
Executive Producer
Seth William Meier
Executive Producer
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