Misery

1990 • 107 minutes
4.4
20 reviews
91%
Tomatometer
Eligible
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About this movie

Novelist Paul Sheldon doesn't remember the blizzard that sent his car spinning off the road. He doesn't remember being nursed back from unconsciousness. But he will never forget Annie Wilkes. James Caan and Kathy Bates star in the bone-shattering thriller ""Misery,"" adapted from the novel by Stephen King. As Paul (Caan) recuperates from his injuries in the secluded cabin of his benefactor Annie (Bates), he begins to discover that beneath the seemingly kind and naïve exterior of his self-described ""number one fan"" lurks a mind that is cunning, unhinged, and bent on keeping her favorite writer as her personal prisoner for the rest of his ""cock-a-doodie"" life...and Sheldon must engage his savior-turned-captor in a battle of wills that will push them both to the brink. Adapted by screenwriter William Goldman and directed by Rob Reiner, ""Misery"" is considered by critics and fans (number ones and others) to be among the greatest horror-thrillers of all-time.

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4.4
20 reviews
Monica Chuidian-Rivera Calderon
July 27, 2022
We should have the option to rent the film, not buy it and the price is expensive for a movie so old
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John Bahr
June 4, 2021
I thought this was a great movie another classic from stephen king great cast great story great horror flim
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Shellie Lawson
April 8, 2021
Good Movie . They don't make them like this anymore.
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