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Dolores Claiborne

R
Movie
1995
2h 12m
English
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
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7.6
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Dolores Claiborne (1995) on IMDb
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74

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Kathy Bates
Dolores Claiborne
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Selena St. George
Judy Parfitt
Vera Donovan
David Strathairn
Joe St. George
John C Reilly
Const. Frank Stamshaw
Ellen Muth
Young Selena
Bob Gunton
Mr. Pease
Roy Cooper
Magistrate
Wayne Robson
Sammy Marchant
Ruth Marshall
Secretary
Weldon Allen
Bartender
Tom Gallant
Searcher
Kelly Burnett
Jack Donovan
Matt Appleby
Kid on Street
Thomas Skinner
Kid on Street
Vernon Steel
Ferry Vendor
Taffara Jessica Stella Murray
Young Selena (Age 5)
Susan Lane
Crying Girl
Frank Adamson
Detective Supervisor
Edward Rubin
Detective Supervisor
Dean Eilertson
Moving Man
Directed By: Taylor Hackford
Written By: Stephen King (Novel), Tony Gilroy (Screenplay)

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Ashlove says...
5 years ago
Kathy Bates is a fantastic actress
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jekyl6669 says...
7 years ago
Bates gives a knockout performance, and proves that she should be in more Stephen King adaptations. For a thriller, there's isn't as much tension as you usually expect, but this is worth seeing for performances and how the story plays out.
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The Ace Face says...
2 years ago
Sometimes, being a bitch, is all a woman has to hang on to. A truly wonderful performance from Kathy Bates, together with a rollercoaster story full of emotion, made me cry at one point. I’m only sorry that it took me 25 years to rewatch it. One of the best performances by an actress that I’ve ever seen. You wouldn’t know that this was a Stephen king story. 10/10.
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KurtMoney says...
5 years ago
Where’s the poop scene?! It was like a whole chapter in the book. Gimme my poop scene! Bummer to see what got cut so we could make room for more at Selena’s workplace. Eh.
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John Chard
5 years ago
Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman has to hold onto.

Dolores Claiborne is directed by Taylor Hackford and adapted to screenplay by Tony Gilroy from the novel of the same name written by Stephen King. It stars Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Strathairn, John C. Riley, Christopher Plum More
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MoHA
6 years ago
Welcome to Maine; where alcoholism, smoking, and all sorts of behavior the aforementioned are trying to cover up creep up on you like bad filling of gravy. At least, in Stephen King’s universe. True to his (excessive) words, a lot gets stirred up, not all of it gets answered, and characters get k More
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talisencrw
6 years ago
This one tends to get ignored when people consider the 'classic' Stephen King film adaptations (the first 20 years), but it's very subtle, nuanced, and is basically one of King's finest and more mature works. If it was even possible for Kathy Bates to out-do her Oscar-winning work in 'Misery', she s More
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