Gerald's Game

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	Carla Gugino	Jessie
	Bruce Greenwood	Gerald
	Chiara Aurelia	Young Jessie
	Carel Struycken	Moonlight Man
	Henry Thomas	Tom
	Kate Siegel	Sally
	Adalyn Jones	Maddie
	Bryce Harper	James
	Gwendolyn Mulamba	Judge
	James Flanagan	Court Clerk
	Dori Lumpkin	Teenage Girl
	Natalie Roers	Reporter #1
	Nikia Reynolds	Reporter #2
	Bill Riales	Reporter #3
	Chuck Borden	Court Officer #1
	Mike McGill	Court Officer #2
	Charles Dube	Corrections Officer
	Roach	Prince
	Charles Adams	Courtroom Guests
	Michael Amstutz	DOC Prisoner
	Kimberly Battista	Prosecutor
	Tony Beard	TV News Reporter
	John Ceallach	Police Officer
	Stu Cookson	Defense
	Clint Edwards	Photographer

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Director	Mike Flanagan
Writer	Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard, Stephen King
Producer	Ian Bricke, Matt Levin, D. Scott Lumpkin, Trevor Macy, Melinda Nishioka, Jeremy Kipp Walker
Musician	The Newton Brothers
Photography	Michael Fimognari

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My quick rating - 6,9/10. Certain stories are just not going to work if you can't believe the acting. This would be one of them. I also have to say, at times our lead (Carla Gugino) loses focus, meaning she doesn't come off as believable. While this is a minor gripe, the only real thing that threatens this movie from being great is a seemingly rushed ending. The story centers around a sex game gone wrong, you know, where you handcuff your wife to the bed, in hopes of rekindling that old passion in your marriage, only to be the guy that has a heart attack and dies on your wife. That isn't a spoiler, it is the point of the movie. She must figure out how to get out, or survive being shackled to the bed. To say she doesn't lose her mind is an understatement, and it happens really fast. A bit too fast, but I suppose I can live with that. In her travels through insanity she must confront her own dark secrets from her past and ultimately chose what to do with them, leave them tucked away or confront them. The movie itself is far more psychological thriller than horror and does quite well, albeit rushed, in demonstrating the way she processes the whole situation, in reality, and within her mind. I will not give any spoilers to what thrown in part of the end bothered me so much. I'll leave that part for you. Overall this is a good flick that may have been great with just a little more TLC. As usual, Stephen King comes up with some great material (if you haven't noticed, his stories are being done all over the place, as I am weekly glued to Castle Rock for one example) and although I haven't read this story (which is good so I can't make a comparison) I am sure readers will still appreciate this movie along with non King readers as well.

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