Continuity mistake: When Sarah/Laura first sees Ben singing and watering the lawn, the view from the inside of her bedroom shows that the room/wall extends quite a ways to her right. But from Ben's viewpoint outside, Sarah/Laura appears in a corner window, with no possible extension of the room/wall to her right anymore.
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Joseph Ruben
Starring: Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson, Elizabeth Lawrence
Martin Burney catches up to his wife seeing her on the fairground ride with Ben Woodward and then follows her home. Ben tries to stop him but Martin overpowers him and pistol whips him into submission Laura knees him in the balls snatches away his gun and after calling the police to say she shot dead an intruder, guns him down. Dying he grabs her and tries to put a bullet in her skull but the gun is empty with a look of shock he falls dead staring at his wedding ring lying out on the floor, as Laura goes over to revive Ben.
More mistakes in Sleeping with the Enemy
Martin: We all forget things. That's what reminding is for.
Trivia: When Laura's husband hits her at the beginning and she falls on the floor, it's really Julia Roberts falling. It's her head actually banging on the floor. Fortunately, the filmming crew got it on the first take.
Question: When she discovers the cans are all in order, why doesn't she run out the back door which is right there? Why does she run to the front door?
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Answer: There's no way to know what she was thinking or why she chose to do that. She was panicked and reacted on impulse rather than logic. One thought, going to the front door is the most direct route to the main street where she could get to a neighbor or find other people more quickly. Backyards are more secluded and dangerous.
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