James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth
Based on the chilling bestseller by Stephen King, Misery was brought to the screen by director Rob Reiner as one of the most effective thrillers of the 1990s. From a brilliant adaptation by sc...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 22, 1998
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September 22, 2009Not really as creepy as it should have been, as it relies too heavily on visual violence and forgets the golden rule that it?s not what you see, it?s what you don?t see that scares!
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August 5, 2009"God I love you."
A famous novelist is "rescued" from a car crash by an obsessed fan.
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Bates, perfectly cast as loony tune Annie Wilkes, won an Oscar for Best Actress as the self-pro...( read more) -
July 27, 2009Based on the novel by him, 'Misery' is a real Stephen King film. It is a drama film, but also a thriller and sometimes even a horror. In one scene the horror is very clear, you will know what scene I mean.
Writer Paul Sheldon (James Caan) gets in a car accident. He is helped by ...( read more) -
May 13, 2009The title Misery is the ultimate double entendre!
I was surprised and pleased to see Reiner directed this and Goldman adapted the screenplay. There was more to the story than I was expecting, since I thought 99% of it would be Caan as Sheldon lying in bed in one room and Bates ...( read more) -
November 10, 2008Truth be told, I think Misery is a lot more chilling than The Shining. Sure, The Shining is my favorite Stephen King book but Misery's premise can transpire in the real world. Therefore, it comes as great joy that the film adaptation is as great as the book.
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November 7, 2009Kathy Bates was amazing in this. I loved it every time she was on screen. This film had excellent suspense and atmosphere, even though it was slow at parts. However, it went a lot too far with women beating thing.
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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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August 18, 2007Perfect acting by Kaathy Bates, the best acting in a Stephen King Movie (well, maybe "It"...) People say things about the plot and the incomplete characters study. The idea was that. King doesn't want to talk about the "why", the "who", the "when", the "how". He only wanted us to care about WHAT happened. And Reiner did a great job passing this to the film.
The mistery is what makes it different to another kind of suspense movies.
Great for Kathy Bates, it may have looked easy to star Anne, but it was not. Even in the eys of Bates you can see the madness... scary... and great. -
June 8, 2007One of the best movies I've ever seen. James Caan and Kathy Bates did an amazing performances as actors of this movie. Great story, great direction... A MUST-SEE MOVIE!
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May 19, 2006This is the scariest movie i have ever seen. And it is not scary because it has scary freakin monsters in it, or has purple blood gushing out peoples eyeballs as they eat breakfast in the loo. It is scary because it is down-to-earth and doesn't get all overblown with rubbish.
Watch it if you dare!
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