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2017 film directed by Mike Flanagan

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6.4

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

Released: 2017-09-29104 minDir: Mike FlanaganHorror, Thriller

Cast

  • Carla Gugino as Jessie
  • Bruce Greenwood as Gerald
  • Carel Struycken as Moonlight Man
  • Chiara Aurelia as Young Jessie
  • Henry Thomas as Tom
  • Kate Siegel as Sally

Themes

  • child abuse
  • based on novel or book
  • childhood trauma
  • sorrow
  • car accident
  • eclipse
  • dog
  • ghost
  • memoirs

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Ratings

IMDb

6.5/10

140,266 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

Metacritic

77/100

Year
2017
Runtime
103 min
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Rated
TV-MA
Awards
4 wins & 5 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by
Mike Flanagan
Screenplay by
Mike Flanagan Jeff Howard
Based on
Gerald's Game , by Stephen King
Produced by
Trevor Macy
Starring
Carla Gugino Bruce Greenwood Carel Struycken Henry Thomas Kate Siegel
Cinematography
Michael Fimognari
Edited by
Mike Flanagan
Music by
The Newton Brothers
Production company
Intrepid Pictures
Distributed by
Netflix
Release dates
September 19, 2017 ( 2017-09-19 ) ( BFI Southbank ) September 29, 2017 ( 2017-09-29 ) (United States)
Running time
103 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English

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Encyclopedic overview

Gerald's Game is a 2017 American psychological horror thriller film directed and edited by Mike Flanagan, from a screenplay by Flanagan with Jeff Howard. It is based on Stephen King's 1992 novel of the same name, 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. 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, must find a way to survive, all while battling her inner demons.

Gerald's Game had its world premiere at BFI Southbank on September 19, 2017, and was released on September 29, 2017, by Netflix. It received positive reviews from critics, who lauded Gugino's performance and Flanagan's direction. The film's themes and their treatment were also singled out.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gerald's Game” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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