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Good concept, poorly executed.

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Blistering performances.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

A Cheesy Chick-Flick that Wimps Out when it Needs to be Wild and Crazy, considering the Trashy and Terror Roots. Jessica Lang pulls out all the Nuances Needed to make the Movie a Guilty Pleasure. Her Character is Guilty of many Horrifying Things.Southern Fried Cooking burnt to a Crispy Critter and the Critters get a more than Needed amount of Focus. It's a Stud Farm as a Setting and Lang's Mother-In-Law from Hell is Stud Crazy with Her now Deceased Husband and Unhealthy and Maniacal Behavior with Her Doting Son.The Movie has No Qualms in going for the Lurid but seems Reluctant to go for Cheap Thrills and it Ends Up not Delivering on the Visceral Needed in this Type of Thriller. Critics absolutely Hated this Mess, but Audiences (especially Females) seem to give it a Pass, perhaps because it Literally Hits Home with the Family Ties, Romantic Relationships, and Pregnancy.Despite all of the Problems the Movie Manages to Rise to Watchability Status, mostly because of Lang and and Gwyneth Paltrow's Interactions. Nina Foch's Down to Earth grounding as a "See All, Knows All" Grandmother also Helps add some Sense of Hope in a Hopeless Situation.But the Movie will have None of that "Hopelessness" Stuff and the Ending is somewhat of a Letdown. Average Soap Opera and Below Average Thriller.

I thought this was a great suspense thriller. Both Gweneth Paltrow and Jessica Lange were fantastic. As a horse owner, I tend to nit-pick inaccurate "goofs" pertaining to the use of horses, as their usually is, but in this one, I didn't notice any. I loved the interaction with the Grandmother and one had to wonder throughout the film how the grandmother was going to portray a role in the outcome. As a woman, a Mother, a wife and who had a domineering Mother-in-law, I kept rooting for Paltrow's character to smack Lang's character and do what needed to be done, not to mention what I would have wanted to do while feeling I had to suck up to my own M.I.L. to keep a marriage intact.

...call a movie gross, but I feel that I have to call "Hush" just that. I couldn't see that the movie had any purpose except to show the nastiest things possible. Jessica Lange and Gwyneth Paltrow must have been in dire financial straits if they chose to star in this.Now, I should say that I don't consider this a bad movie. Truth be told, Jessica Lange made a really creepy character. But seriously folks, if you've seen any other movies starring either woman, then it should be more than obvious that they've both starred in far superior movies. Could the people behind this movie have done anything to improve it? I don't know. I personally wish that they would stop making these sorts of movies.Look, just avoid this one. There's no reason to watch it.

Gwyneth Paltrow's character gets pregnant and marries into a messed-up family. When the weirdness starts to look dangerous, the audience has lots of suspects. Mom might be neurotic and even a little bit deranged, but it's not clear she's psychotic enough to be responsible; the truly nasty stuff is always done off screen. Her son behaves oddly at times, and there's so much talk about horse breeding that one can imagine a plausible conspiracy involving any combination of the peripheral characters as well. The only thing certain is that Paltrow and her baby had better watch out.It's not a bad thriller, contrary to many of the reviews I've read. Jessica Lange nicely takes us through Mom's rapid mood swings, keeping the audience uncomfortable and unsettled. The other significant characters are ambiguous enough that, while putting forward pleasant faces, they all seem to be hiding a dark side. And the visual images are superb; definitely NOT B-movie quality stuff.The main problem is the fragmented nature of the plot. Some points are developed at length, but other developments needing explanation fly by -- and if you watch the trailer, which contained lots of scenes that never appeared in the movie, the reason for the haste must be that tons of material landed on the cutting-room floor. Seems as though the director let this horse get away from him. But if you can focus on the uncertainty surrounding who is really manipulating Paltrow and why they are doing it, you can enjoy this one.