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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. 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 .. Read more

Starring	Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly
Director	Taylor Hackford
Genres	Thriller

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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.
- 30408
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
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  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 ... read more »
  
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  - Ilona Dubber
  - Havant
  - 09 Sep 2004 at 18:51
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  Another Bates Triumph
  
  Compelling viewing, had me gripped from the start. Stephen King story that is infinitely more watchable, in my opinion, than adaptations from his other novels, ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 16 Oct 2011 at 17:18
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  dolores clairborne
  
  kathy bates sparkles as feisty dolores clariborne, but she is not the only one. christopher plummer and judy parfitt hold their grounds against her poweful ... read more »
  
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- - lukasz84
  - 58 reviews
  - 30 Jul 2011 at 08:41
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  An ok film.
  
  I enjoyed watching this film and it was ok. Kathy Bates is fantastic as always but i can't stand Jenifer Jason Leigh and her acting in this movie was ... read more »
  
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- - Sab76
  - 53 reviews
  - 16 Jul 2011 at 11:43
- - 1
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  nearly great
  
  When her estranged mother (Dolores) is suspected of murdering her elderly employer for an inheritance, Selina drops her work on a magazine to go back to her ... read more »
  
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- - blahblahblah
  - 38 reviews
  - Sandy
  - 06 Jul 2009 at 18:20
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  dolores claibourne
  
  Excellent film with Kathy Bates her usual great self.
  
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  - argyll, scotland
  - 14 Jan 2009 at 18:28
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  Excellent film
  
  hats off to an all star cast again in a stephen kings masterpiece. The book is very much worth a read, it's written in the voice of dolores so it sounds ... read more »
  
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  - Paignton
  - 11 Jan 2009 at 21:37
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  Dolores Claiborne
  
  Ah excellent film with a many twists and turns.Dolores had a very very hard life which few people could withstand. She also had to cope without her ... read more »
  
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  - Lytham St. Annes
  - 09 Jan 2009 at 06:00
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  Only human monsters.
  
  (3R - three word reviews)
  
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  - Bradford
  - 19 Oct 2008 at 20:46
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  "Superbly Rounded & Interesting" . .
  
  (28th May 2008) Intriguing with really strong character play.
  
  A superbly rounded and interesting tale.
  
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- - locococo
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  - 26 Aug 2008 at 20:13
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  There is always another point of view....
  
  ...and the multiple points of view in this great film will certainly keep you guessing if yove never seen it before. I've now seen it three times and it ... read more »
  
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- - russbowes
  - 110 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Aug 2008 at 23:29
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- - 16
  - 2
  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 ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 17675
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Ilona Dubber
  - Havant
  - 09 Sep 2004 at 18:51
- - 2
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  Awsome!!
  
  When i rented this one i wasnt too optomistic. But it proved to be the best film i have rented so far.
  
  The film concerns a realationship beetween a ... read more »
  
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  - lincolnshire England
  - 09 Dec 2005 at 10:52
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  Kathy Bates at her best
  
  Kathy Bates definitely at her best, kept my interest right throughout the film.
  
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  - Cheshire
  - 21 Feb 2005 at 10:40
- - 1
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  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 ... read more »
  
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  - Preston, Lancashire
  - 04 Oct 2006 at 13:42
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  nearly great
  
  When her estranged mother (Dolores) is suspected of murdering her elderly employer for an inheritance, Selina drops her work on a magazine to go back to her ... read more »
  
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- - blahblahblah
  - 38 reviews
  - Sandy
  - 06 Jul 2009 at 18:20
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  That's all she's got!
  
  A sad and often sordid film about people with not much to sing about.
  
  Watching to the end was a must and the reward was two strong women.
  
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- - David Bolland
  - Lincolnshire
  - 30 Jul 2005 at 12:58
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  One to watch.
  
  Its the second time I've watched this film, and still enjoyed it. Kathy Bates is a really good actress. I would definitely recommend this film. Try it and ... read more »
  
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  - Kent, England
  - 03 Sep 2005 at 14:24
- - 3
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  How to ruin a brilliant novel
  
  No wonder Stephen King despairs at film adaptations of his novels. The novel is brilliant, evoking wide-ranging emotions from the singular voice of Dolores ... read more »
  
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- - Christine
  - Cheshire UK
  - 03 Oct 2005 at 22:12
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  Amazed I never heard of this film.
  
  This film had me on the edge of my seat with shockingly good acting script.
  
  Many moments of this stick with you for some time.
  
  The subject... read more »
  
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- - allan dunsmuir
  - Wales
  - 22 Nov 2005 at 16:13
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  Dolores Claiborne
  
  Good film definitely worth seeing.
  
  Recommended to all
  
  Good viewing.
  
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- - a customer
  - London, England
  - 19 Jul 2006 at 08:01

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Critics' reviews
- 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.
- 30408
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
- "...[Bates and Leigh] seem hell-bent to get to the core of their characters....All the tension and pleasure of a great pitchers' duel..." -- Rating: A-
- 8034
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- Reporter Selena (Leigh) returns home to a remote island off the Maine coast for the first time in 15 years. Her mother... read more on Time Out
- 43569
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:13
- "...Dark and grim, with a terrific central performance....It's a showy role, and Bates plays it to the hilt..."
- 8037
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...A long, brooding, classy and atypically well-acted Stephen King adaptation..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
- 8036
- - USA Today
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...A vivid film that revolves around Ms. Bates's powerhouse of a performance..."
- 8035
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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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 ...