Gerald's Game
While trying to spice up their marriage in their remote lake house, Jessie must fight to survive when her husband dies unexpectedly, leaving her handcuffed to their bed frame.
9 September 1971, San Antonio, Texas, USA
13 September 2002, New Mexico, USA
18 February 1972, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
29 August 1971, Sarasota, Florida, USA
12 August 1956, Noranda, Québec, Canada
15 November 1978, Houston, Texas, USA
9 August 1982, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
September 28, 2017
Finally, after the abysmal The Dark Tower and the overhyped It, we have a Stephen King adaptation that's worthy of the brand.
September 25, 2017
Carla Gugino gives a tour-de-force performance in an arresting psychological thriller based on Stephen King's 1992 novel.
September 29, 2017
The movie, like real life, understands that victim-blaming head-voices are often more persistently traumatizing than the original perp was by himself.
September 28, 2017
An exquisite, simple, torturously suspenseful thriller.
September 28, 2017
Gerald's Game is one of the most interesting and well-acted movies you'll see this year.
September 28, 2017
In bursts, between the memories and the ghostly Who's Afraid of Stephen King? playlets, Flanagan shows that he probably could have made a leaner, meaner, more suspenseful film.
September 25, 2017
As the renewed wave of interest in Stephen King continues to crash on our cinematic shores, we can only hope that future adapters and adaptions will be so well matched.
September 28, 2017
This is what makes adaptation so compelling, when you see artists solve creative problems to translate formats. You still get the joy of seeing scenes you pictured, but new stuff as they turn internal prose into on screen action.
September 27, 2017
[Gerald's Game] is an embrace of female strength, outright, and it's as moving as it is consummately thrilling.
September 29, 2017
It's a barnstorming showcase for Gugino, so often underused, who tackles a difficult, physically restricted role with gusto.
September 28, 2017
Ultimately, Gerald's Game is an unassuming, overachieving little thriller that is blessed by two performers capable of handling the lion's share of the dramatic challenges it presents.
September 25, 2017
When the movie arrives at a phenomenal, breakneck climax, and then keeps going with a totally implausible twist, it's adhering to the unwritten rule: No matter who's driving, everyone must bow to the King.
