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Gerald's Game
2017 104 min United States of America 18+
★7.0
Horror, Thriller
Director: Mike Flanagan
🎭 Based on
«Gerald's Game»
byStephen King
Trailers
Description
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.
Starring
Carla Gugino
Actor
Bruce Greenwood
Actor
Chiara Aurelia
Actor
Awards
4 wins & 5 nominations total
Key opinion
Gerald's Game is widely regarded as a successful, psychologically intense adaptation of Stephen King's challenging source material. While viewers generally praise the film's claustrophobic atmosphere and emotional depth, some critics note that the narrative pacing occasionally suffers in the middle section.
| Acting | Carla Gugino's performance is a standout anchor that carries the film's heavy psychological and emotional weight. | |
| Direction | Mike Flanagan effectively utilizes a minimalist visual language to maintain tension within the confines of a single room. | |
| Adaptation | The film is a largely faithful, if occasionally simplified, adaptation that successfully captures the visceral internal dread of King's prose. | |
| Score | The musical score expertly escalates from ominous beginnings to an intense, immersive climax. | |
| Pacing | The film succeeds as an intimate, character-driven horror, though it occasionally falters in pacing, with some segments dragging before the final act. |