Dolores Claiborne (1995)

Dolores Claiborne

6.9	Listal rating
7.2	IMDB rating

Directed by

Taylor Hackford

Taylor Hackford

Starring (View all)

Kathy Bates

Dolores Claiborne

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Selena St. George

Judy Parfitt

Vera Donovan

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Det. John Mackey

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Joe St. George

Eric Bogosian

Peter

John C. Reilly

Const. Frank Stamshaw

Ellen Muth

Young Selena

Written by

Stephen King

(book)

Tony Gilroy

(screenplay)

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A Forgotten Gem

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The Mighty Celestial

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I pretty much ignored this film when it was first released. I watched on it's first airing on TV, & I literally couldn't believe at how good it was. So I went out & rented it, & yep, I was right. It's that good.
The story is just perfect from beginning to end. And Kathy Bates, IMO, turns in an even better performance than she did in Misery. The plot may tend to come off as a bit complicated... read more

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Description: A daughter who has come to imagine the worst about her mother learns the facts are quite different -- and more shocking than she ever imagined -- in this adaptation of Stephen King's best-selling novel. Dolores Claiborne (Kathy Bates) has spent nearly a quarter of a century looking after a mean-spirited woman named Vera Donovan (Judy ... (more)

Release date : 24 March 1995
UPC: 053939254822

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