Rosemary's Baby

Watch: Rosemary's Baby

Unrated

6/19/20082h 18m

Premiere Release (US)

~ Pray for Rosemary's Baby. ~

Overview:

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

Director:

Roman Polanski

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$3,200,000.00

Revenue:

$33,395,426.00

Key words:

new york city
husband wife relationship
based on novel or book
satanism
conspiracy
soul selling
new neighbor
occult
struggling actor
demonic possession
satanic ritual
pregnant wife
coven (akelarre)
satanic cult
nosy neighbor
manhattan, new york city
woman in jeopardy
aspiring actor
neighbor neighbor relationship
new apartment
paranoid
poisoning
gaslighting
apartment
meddling neighbor
horrified
impregnation of woman by entity
selfish husband
ambitious husband

Cast

Mia Farrow

~ as ~

Rosemary Woodhouse

John Cassavetes

~ as ~

Guy Woodhouse

Ruth Gordon

~ as ~

Minnie Castevet

Sidney Blackmer

~ as ~

Roman Castevet

Maurice Evans

~ as ~

Hutch

Ralph Bellamy

~ as ~

Dr. Sapirstein

Victoria Vetri

~ as ~

Terry

Patsy Kelly

~ as ~

Laura-Louise

Elisha Cook Jr.

~ as ~

Mr. Nicklas

Emmaline Henry

~ as ~

Elise Dunstan

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 8 month(s) ago
7
I've never found Mia Farrow to be a very versatile actor, but she certainly delivers the best performance of her career in this gripping story of Satanic manipulation. "Rosemary" is married to "Guy" (John Cassavetes) and they live in one of those lovely great buildings that overlook New York's Central Park. Their neighbours are a bit eccentric, to day the least, with "Minnie" (the almost perfect Ruth Gordon) and "Roman" (Sidney Blackmer) chief amongst those who take an increasing interest in this couple when it appears that a baby is on the way. Gradually, she begins to suspect that something is amiss with not just her pregnancy, but with her marital relationship as she seems to see less and less of those previously close to her and becomes little better than a prisoner in her own apartment. She is becoming increasingly paranoid, confused and resentful of a seemingly indofferent husband who seems content to let just about everyone interfere as the due date approaches. This is also Roman Polanski at his best as he manages to amalgamate the sinister and the coercive with the religiosity of a story that exudes menace and panic whilst also calling into question established societal values around faith and trust. It's almost claustrophobic by design, and their small apartment soon takes on the mantle of a cell occupied by a woman who is very much not in control of her own destiny - whichever way she tries to turn, and with the careful use of a score from Christopher Komeda that could rival Bernard Herrmann then we have a story of visceral fear that looks great on a big screen. Gripping and genuinely quite terrifying at times, it's amongst the best of this genre.