Misery

Pros: Kathy Bates' Oscar-winning performance; a great script by William Goldman
Cons: None.

Considering the almost unprecedented success of Stephen King's novels over the past three decades, it's not too surprising to note how often King's works delve into the lives of writers or how the creative process works....or doesn't. Sometimes, the ...

Pros: An excellent story and some Academy Award winning acting!
Cons: Jack Nicholson didn't take the part.

Annie Wilkes: I am your number one fan. There is nothing to worry about. You are going to be just fine. I am your number one fan. Misery (1990) Directed by Rob Reiner (A Few Good Men) James Caan as Paul Sheldon Kathy Bates as ...

Pros: Acting, Story, Suspense
Cons: No Kathy Bates bikini scenes

As a longtime fan of Stephen King novels, I have sometimes been a bit disappointed,by how his work has translated to the movie screen. While there are a few notable exceptions to this, such as The Stand and IT, there have also been a ...

Pros: Kathy Bates excels!
Cons: Life IS NOT fair!

Stephen King is an amazing weaver of tales. He can take the most mundane item and turn it into an item of terror with a few finely penned words. He is also one of the most prolific writers that can string together a mean set of adjectives that...

Pros: Annie Wilkes
Cons: Paul Sheldon

Misery is one of my favorite books of all time, and after watching the movie, I was very disappointed. Stephen King has to be the one of the only authors around that can make a where almost the whole book takes place in one room is one of the most tense ...

Pros:

Gripping character-based thriller with fine performances and formal elements.

Cons: The tacked-on ending and some overdone directorial touches.

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Pros: Bates, Bates, Bates Really memorable lines in this script.
Cons: Hitchcockian, it's not...Reiner could have done better.

Spoiler Abound! THE KING THING I’m a fan of Stephen King’s insofar as he writes real-life terror. Most of his novels are otherwordly, and, with the exception of the apocalyptic “The Stand”….I’m not really a fan. I ...

Pros: Taut and well-acted
Cons: Dubious

SPOILER ALERT

I'd seen it two or three times already, yet I felt as if I'd just 'discovered' Misery when I watched it on DVD last night. (It's easy to take subtext for granted in so efficient a pulp thriller.) Lauren Bacall delivers the...

Pros: Screenwriting, acting, Kathy Bates!
Cons: none

They’ve been showing Misery on cable a lot lately so I wanted to review it, even though it’s an old movie. I’ve read several of Steven King’s books, and I think he is a great author with a great story telling voice. Indeed, it is what’s made ...

Pros: Excellent acting, superb storyline, keeps you on the edge of your seat...
Cons: Keeps you on the edge of your seat...

The time was 11 years ago when I first started really getting into watching movies and collecting them. I really didn’t have a preference; as long as it was a movie I would put it in my collection. One of the first movies that went into my collection...

Pros: Chilling performances; stylized direction; able script.
Cons: Frances Sternhagen; use of the obvious.

Stephen King is pretty much a frowned-upon name nowadays. People heavily into literature (hmm hmm… I’m sure I could name names, but why?) think of him as best-seller fodder. People who barely read think his stuff is too heavy (I kid you not). That’s...

Pros: Great performances, thrilling plot
Cons: Doesn't hold up under comparison to the book

"Misery" is an awesome, disturbing meditation on obsession. Through the main character's struggles, we see him confronted with obsession gone wrong, and the result is a terrifying film.

The movie begins with Paul Sheldon, a writer,...

Pros: Terrific acting from Caan and Bates.
Cons: None I can think of.

I originally watched this movie because my mother had said how good it was. I normally trust my mother's opinion! And once again, mother knows best, because I was hugely impressed the first time I watched it. It is an interesting plot, as far as Stephen...

Pros: Overall wicked pic
Cons: It gets a bit weird at times

From the often twisted mind of Stephen King comes a story when one person's fanboy-ish behavior becomes a psychotic obsession. Yes, "Misery" is a story unlike any other. Here's a little sample for ya:

Paul Sheldon (James Caan), a man who has...

Pros: Great suspense, excellent acting. OINK OINK!
Cons: Grows old after three or four viewings

I don't know if any movie truly ever lives up to the book of the same title, especially when the book comes first. But this movie captures the essence of the misery that Paul Sheldon endures, and ironically, it's almost as though Fate has stepped in and...