An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.
Desperate Hours has generally received mixed reviews.
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Review of Desperate Hours (1990)
By Hal Hinson (447) for Washington Post (9,851) on 12 Oct 1993
Review of Desperate Hours (1990)
By John Hartl (735) for The Seattle Times (964) on 20 Nov 2001
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By Jo Berry (104) for Empire (3,446) on 16 Mar 1994
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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 27 Jun 2016
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Desperate Hours was released in 1990 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 9 reviews, giving Desperate Hours (1990) an average rating of 47%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 40%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 10%. Professional critics were more impressed with Desperate Hours than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 47%, Desperate Hours is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1990, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1990 with similar scores include films like Navy Seals and Ernest Goes to Jail.
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