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- 🎭Drama🔪Thriller
Release
1990-11-30
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Original language
English
Runtime
1 hour 47 minutes
IMDb
imdb.com/title/tt0100157/
Cast
- James CaanPaul Sheldon
- Kathy BatesAnnie Wilkes
- Richard FarnsworthBuster
Overview
After stalking and saving the life of her favorite fiction author in a car accident, his manic obsessor holds him captive in her remote Colorado home then forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
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Roger Ebert
"Some of the things Stephen King invents for her to do to the writer are so shocking that they could be a trap for an actor - an invitation to overact. But she somehow remains convincing inside her character's madness."
rogerebert.com/reviews/misery-1990
Time Out
The gore is toned down and the psychology played up in this darkly humorous adaptation of Stephen King's novel.
timeout.com/movies/misery
The Guardian
You’d have to be churlish not to be entertained by Misery's shrewd storytelling and Kathy Bates' audacious performance.
theguardian.com/film/2017/may/09/stephen-king-misery-kathy-bates-review
The New York Times
"MISERY," Stephen King's overweight suspense novel, may be paper-thin, but embedded within it, there is a very funny idea.
nytimes.com/1990/11/30/movies/review-film-a-writer-who-really-suffers.html
Common Sense Media
not as bloody as a slasher horror movie, there are some violent moments, including... 'hobbled' with a sledgehammer to both of his ankles.
commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/misery
IMDb
Kathy Bates won the Best Actress Oscar for her role.
imdb.com/title/tt0100157/
Rotten Tomatoes
Bates’ role cannot possibly be forgotten, so cannot be Caan’s. The film remains a classic must-watch.
rottentomatoes.com/m/misery/reviews
IMDb
This is one of the best Stephen King adaptations ever!, it's very well written, and i loved the atmosphere too.
imdb.com/title/tt0100157/reviews
