Product Details

• Actors: Daryl Hannah, Keith Carradine, Moira Kelly, Vincent Spano, Julia Devin
• Directors: Wesley Strick
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Walt Disney Video
• DVD Release Date: April 11, 2000
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000035Z56
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #32,832 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Tie that Binds" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
The Netherwoods (Keith Carradine and Daryl Hannah) are bad parents. They break into people's homes and steal food, leaving their daughter Janie (Julia Devin) in the car to occupy herself. So the state takes Janie away from them and puts her up for adoption. Unfortunately for Janie's new parents, the Cliftons (Moira Kelly and Vincent Spano), the state didn't catch the Netherwoods, and the bad parents want their daughter back. This summary, though accurate, isn't fair to The Tie That Binds; despite the broad strokes of the plot, the movie is surprisingly successful at creating suspense. The violent scenes are both effectively brutal and effectively restrained--what we see looks like it hurts, but the most gruesome violence happens offscreen. The performances aren't subtle, but like the movie itself, they're grounded enough in reality to sustain the suspense. The gorgeous cinematography lends itself to some beautiful images (a sheet blown away by the wind, fireflies flickering in front of an unfinished house) that create a unusually graceful sense of impending danger. This may not have played as well on the big screen, but in the intimacy of your own home The Tie That Binds has an accumulating creepiness that will last longer than the jagged shocks and jolts of most recent thrillers. --Bret Fetzer

Product Description
Daryl Hannah (MY FAVORITE MARTIAN) leads an all-star cast in THE TIE THAT BINDS -- the latest spellbinding thriller from the producers of THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE! When a childless couple (Moira Kelly -- WITH HONORS and Vincent Spano -- ALIVE) adopts an abandoned little girl, they discover a happiness they have never known before. But their new family is violently shattered when the girl's natural parents -- a dangerous pair of outlaws -- (Hannah, and Keith Carradine -- ANDRE) reapppear to claim what's theirs! It's heart-stopping thrills as one couple is forced to fight for their lives against another who will stop at nothing to take their daughter back!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good film., June 15, 1999

By	Jeffrey L. Machado (So. Attleboro, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Tie That Binds [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The actor performances were excellent, especially Daryll Hannah and Moira Kelly. The movie is never boring and I feel it is very underrated. The ending is full of fiery action and I think that it is one of the better thrillers(more than Single White Female and Fatal Attraction). I'd reccommend it. The color , pans, and tilts in the cinematography along with the music make the film very intimate and enjoyable.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Entirely Bad, February 8, 2004

By	Joshua Miller "Josh" (Coeur d'Alene,ID) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" was a little better than
"The Tie That Binds" but this movie is a good movie.After a couple break into a house to steal some food for their daughter and the cops show up their little daughter Janie is taken to an orphanage by the Cliftons,a decent couple who don't have any children.Problem is the Cliftons don't know that Janie's parents are outlaws and are trying to find her and will stop at nothing to do so.Even if they have to kill everyone they know to do it.
The movie has pretty good performances by Daryl Hannah and Keith Carradine.Don't listen to the other reviews on the internet,this is a pretty good movie.B for the movie,B for the acting.Enjoy!!!

4.0 out of 5 stars Ties that Bind, June 29, 2007

By	Freddy Krueger "Kammy" (Florissant, MO.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tie That Binds [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"I thought this movie was great, I remember I watched it some years back, but never got the movie. The two outlaw parents were crazy people and proved that they would'nt let anything get in their way to get their daughter."