Gerald S Game Movie Review

Gerald s game is able to please king s fans and at the same time to propose a film that is perfectly maintained as a meticulous thriller and a horror artifact.

Gerald s game movie review. Gerald s game is a tight thriller with a strong psychological core. 15 videos play all stephen king reviews chris stuckmann why the music in the live action disney remakes is worse than you thought duration. Gerald s game is thoughtful and tense with moments of pathos and a surprising sense of the visceral. It is based on stephen king s 1992 novel of the same title long thought to be unfilmable.

The film stars carla gugino and bruce greenwood as a married couple who arrive at an isolated house for a holiday. Gerald s game was a fantastic physiological thriller that never had me shaking my head in un believability. Full review original score. When the husband dies of a sudden heart attack his wife left handcuffed to the bed without the key and with little hope of rescue mu.

This makes two stephen king adaptations that have nailed the difficult process of transforming a story from a book to film. My only issue with this film is that it finally a good film adaptation of a stephen king story after so long without one. Other performances including those of bruce greenwood henry thomas and a very expressive dog are first rate as well. Stars 3 out of 5 stars.

I enjoyed the restraint of music in key moments and was enthralled by the situation presented. Gerald s game is a single setting thriller for the majority of its runtime so flanagan and his longtime cinematographer michael fimognari use constrictive camera shots and precise editing which flanagan also handled to maintain a suffocating sense of atmosphere throughout the scenes set in jessie and gerald s bedroom in spite of the unchanging scenery. Full review in spanish august. Gerald s game review suspense packed stephen king adaptation is worth playing.

Without spoiling anything i ll say that gerald s game is a great thriller horror movie with good performances and a story that will have your attention at all times. Gerald s game is a malignant escape room movie a sort of lucasarts point and click scenario where every tool at jessie s disposal must to be used to ensure her survival and not necessarily for.