Gerald's Game (2017)
October 5, 2017 7:51 AM - Subscribe
While trying to spice up their marriage in their remote lake house, Jessie must fight to survive when her husband dies unexpectedly, leaving her handcuffed to their bed frame.
Gerald's Game is the Netflix adaption of the 1992 suspense novel by Stephen King. It features powerful performances by Carla Gugino (Jessie), Bruce Greenwood (Gerald), and Chiara Aurelia (young Jessie), and adeptly brings the inner monologues of the book to life on the screen.
AV Club scores it a "B": Apologies to It, but Gerald's Game shows how to really adapt a Stephen King bestseller
Variety: Carla Gugino gives a tour-de-force performance in an arresting psychological thriller ...
Gerald's Game is the Netflix adaption of the 1992 suspense novel by Stephen King. It features powerful performances by Carla Gugino (Jessie), Bruce Greenwood (Gerald), and Chiara Aurelia (young Jessie), and adeptly brings the inner monologues of the book to life on the screen.
AV Club scores it a "B": Apologies to It, but Gerald's Game shows how to really adapt a Stephen King bestseller
Variety: Carla Gugino gives a tour-de-force performance in an arresting psychological thriller ...
The oppressive sense of dread started for me before her husband even died, as I remembered the book far too well. This is the first horror movie I've had to stop watching because I was too freaked out.
posted by marguerite at 1:51 PM on October 5, 2017
posted by marguerite at 1:51 PM on October 5, 2017
We thought this was great. Couple of good spooks, a good ohgodohgodohgod scene, good acting, decent writing, semi-ok ending. A very decent package!
posted by turbid dahlia at 5:31 PM on October 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by turbid dahlia at 5:31 PM on October 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
The oppressive sense of dread started for me before her husband even died, as I remembered the book far too well. This is the first horror movie I've had to stop watching because I was too freaked out.
The book was the only book I've ever had to put down for the same reason.
posted by DrAstroZoom at 8:25 AM on October 6, 2017
The book was the only book I've ever had to put down for the same reason.
posted by DrAstroZoom at 8:25 AM on October 6, 2017
I really liked this. I think it really captured the feeling of the book (and that book is still the only book that has ever made me actually, no shit, JUMP).
They did a really good job with the creepiness of "is he there or is it moonlight" too.
posted by biscotti at 6:49 PM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
They did a really good job with the creepiness of "is he there or is it moonlight" too.
posted by biscotti at 6:49 PM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
I didn’t even know this was a Stephen King book but I liked it! I was literally going back and forth between glued to the screen and looking away for the last 20 or so minutes. Didn’t see that ending at all but holy crap I love it.
posted by LizBoBiz at 11:12 AM on July 3, 2021
posted by LizBoBiz at 11:12 AM on July 3, 2021
I liked it. The acting was good of course, and while I didn't feel the dread quite as viscerally as I remember from the book, I thought they did as well as they could adapting the story. And I didn't mind the ending (except that if you enter a courtroom's well unbidden you are quite likely to get tackled). On the whole, though, I think this was one of the better Stephen King adaptations.
posted by johnofjack at 5:43 PM on January 18
posted by johnofjack at 5:43 PM on January 18
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