Gerald's Game (2017)
When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.
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Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
Worth the watch. But not for the Marvel/Star Wars crowd. As you can probably tell from the reviews, there were not enough explosions or CGI to keep most people entertained.
Well, this is a weirdly interesting movie which makes it entertaining. Psychological and intense, this movie makes you want to look away, but you don't. You can't because you don't want to miss anything.
Let me start off by saying that I intend to keep this pretty short. I have never read the original text by Stephen King, but I know that the excellent and horrific story is his and should therefore not be accredited to the production. It's pretty difficult for me to review a Horror film without focusing mainly on the story, let along films from my favorite Horror genre which in my opinion are successful or unsuccessful based mostly on their plot, i.e. the story. But, let's try.The acting is absolutely excellent by all members of the cast, excellent acting and excellent casting for every character. However, it appears production has really pinched its pennies when it comes to art. Everything fake simply appears fake. The injured hand looks like plastic, the criminal's glowing eyes look amateur and cheap, stuff that without such great and compelling story, characters and acting would have really destroyed suspense of disbelief.Besides that? This is a Stephen King text brought to life, and people who have read it tell me the book is much better. As a film separated from its plot for objectivity's sake - I can only say it's slightly above average. Stephen King fans would probably love or hate it, but I simply feel grateful for having experienced the chilling story (besides the final twist which I find to be redundant and unnecessary), while being very much aware that it's the author who deserves the credit,.
A husband and wife retreat to their lake house in an attempt to repair a failing marriage. The husband's unusual desire to rekindle their bedroom life incapacitates the wife and upon his death, she finds herself in a life-or-death situation, alone. She takes days reliving her problematic past rather than devising some way to extricate herself from her immediate life-threatening situation. If you can get through some of the demented and sick family flashbacks regarding her father, then you'll be able to watch this film to completion.