![]() ![]() Martin travels to Chloe's nursing home, posing as a detective, and learns that Chloe's "nephew" has just visited. In her haste to leave, Laura had neglected to confirm that the ring had flushed as she had intended. This is confirmed when he finds Laura's wedding ring in the toilet at the beach house. Martin receives information indicating that Laura may be alive. She later confides to him that she escaped an abusive marriage. They have an agreeable date, but when a kiss turns more physical, Laura resists and demands that Ben leave. Laura rents a house, finds a job, and settles into a new life as "Sara Waters." Her neighbor, Ben Woodward, a young drama teacher at a local college, is attracted to Laura, though he suspects she has a troubled past. Previously, she had told Martin that her blind, stroke-impaired mother, Chloe, had died, but Laura had secretly moved Chloe to an Iowa nursing home. She cut her hair, donned a wig, took her stashed belongings and money, and headed to the bus station. During the storm, she jumped overboard, swam ashore, and returned home. ![]() ![]() After secretly learning to swim, she planned to fake her own death to escape Martin's abuse. After an extensive Coast Guard search, Laura is presumed dead from drowning and Martin is inconsolable. As a severe storm unexpectedly rolls in, Martin and the doctor struggle to control the vessel. Martin accepts the invitation of their neighbor, a doctor, for an evening sail, despite knowing that Laura fears water and cannot swim. Then, in a recurring pattern, he apologetically showers her with flowers and gifts. Beneath Martin's charming, handsome exterior, however, is an obsessive and controlling person who has physically, emotionally, and sexually abused Laura throughout their nearly four-year marriage. Laura Burney has a seemingly idyllic life and perfect marriage to Martin, a successful Boston investment counselor. The film also broke the record at the time for the highest domestic opening for a film with a female lead, grossing $13 million on its opening weekend surpassing the previous record held by Aliens, which grossed $10 million in its first weekend. Sleeping with the Enemy was released theatrically on February 8, 1991, where it received negative reviews from the critics, but was a box office success, grossing $175 million on a production budget of $19 million. Roberts plays a woman who fakes her own death and moves to escape from her controlling abusive husband, but finds her peaceful new life interrupted when he discovers her actions and tracks her down from Cape Cod to Cedar Falls, Iowa. The film is based on Nancy Price's 1987 novel of the same name. Sleeping with the Enemy is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben and starring Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin and Kevin Anderson. ![]()
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