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Dolores Claiborne
1995
Eighteen years ago, the abusive husband of Dolores Claiborne (Kathy Bates) died under mysterious circumstances. His death was ruled an accident despite the suspicions of police detective John Mackey. Now the elderly woman she has nursed for many years has also died--with Dolores found standing over her body with a rolling pin .. Read more
| Starring | Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly |
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| Director | Taylor Hackford |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Dolores Claiborne
Eighteen years ago, the abusive husband of Dolores Claiborne (Kathy Bates) died under mysterious circumstances. His death was ruled an accident despite the suspicions of police detective John Mackey. Now the elderly woman she has nursed for many years has also died--with Dolores found standing over her body with a rolling pin in her upraised hands--and this time she is accused of murder. Her estranged daughter (Jennifer Jason Leigh), who blames Dolores for her father's death, returns to confront her with her resentment. Are things as cut-and-dried as they seem, or is there more to the story
| Starring | Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, Ellen Muth, Eric Bogosian, Christopher Plummer, Judy Parfitt |
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| Director | Taylor Hackford |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 6 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Feisty Females |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English, Italian |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 21 Aug 2000 Production year: 1995 |
| Format | DVD |
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Kathy Bates, who won an Oscar for her performance in the film version of Stephen King's novel Misery, here stars in another King adaptation, this time as a housekeeper accused of killing her elderly employer. Jennifer Jason Leigh co-stars as Bates's daughter, who suspects her mother is guilty of more than one killing. There are magnificent portrayals all round, especially from Christopher Plummer as a retired and vengeful cop, but Bates steals every scene she's in.
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Effective melodrama with feminist overtones: all the women are abused or misunderstood, all the men are abusers; what saves it from too much over-simplification is the revelation of the reasons for the edgy relationship between mother and daughter.
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12 out of 14 people found this review helpful
A Masterpiece
I watched this film without expectation, and found it to be one of the most enjoyable and top class films I have seen in a long time.
Cathy Bates is excellent as Dolores Claiborne, and you really get to feel for her character. I haven't read the book so not knowing how it ended made the film even better. The story develops perfectly, you are neither left bored or feeling like you've missed something - a frequent downside to some movies.
It's hard to say too much without giving the plot away, but the way the beginning and the end intertwined and gave such differing version of the same event was incredible well done.
If you like Stephen King/Cathy Bates, you are in for a real treat. If you don't, it is one that you will really enjoy anyway. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Must Watch
I didn't really know what to expect from this film but knew that it would be good as Kathy Bates starred in it.
The film kind of starts off at the end and gradually unfolds to reveal the events that have happened throughout the characters lives that have affected the way they live their lives today.
It isn't a cheery film, but definately worth watching! -
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Eighteen years ago, the abusive husband of Dolores Claiborne (Kathy Bates) died under mysterious circumstances. His death was ruled an accident despite the suspicions of police detective John Mackey. ... -