Gerald's Game
Directed by Mike FlanaganWhen a harmless game between a married couple in a remote retreat suddenly becomes a harrowing fight for survival, wife Jessie must confront long-buried demons within her own mind - and possibly lurking in the shadows of her seemingly empty house.
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- Daniel GustavssonOctober 19, 2024There is hardly any suspense at all in this movie, making it pretty boring and also not very scary. Some reveals are odd, and the drama is unrealistically overdone at times.
- RyezooFebruary 14, 2025The Stephen King train is still operating full steam! Some really great acting, disturbing scenes, and brutal gore. This was a seat wiggiling and entertaining thrilled. Kept me guessing til the end. I see some hate for the ending but personally I dug it!
- rg9400November 1, 2024Going through Mike Flanagan's older films, and I think Gerald's Game is one of his stronger earlier works. You can see what he will eventually create in some of the scenes, and I don't just mean when a copy of the Midnight Mass book is thrown early on. This movie isn't particularly flashy to showcase some of the technical prowess of Flanagan, though flashback sequences illustrate his use of color well. There are some good use of prosthetics also. However, this movie is really a showcase for Carla Gugino's acting, often bottled up in a single location and hyper-focusing on her face as she works through a lot of emotions and interior thought processes. She's fantastic and really carries the movie. As for the story, you kind of have to get over the initial premise which feels a bit silly to view it as a way to explore our main protagonist's trauma and relationships. It does that really well before kind of going off the rails in the final minutes, but I will chalk that up to more Stephen King being unable to write a good ending than something specific on Flanagan's end.
