Dolores Claiborne | Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Dolores Claiborne | Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh | One more who loved the film

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Dolores Claiborne

	Dolores Claiborne Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh Turner Home Ent, 1998 average customer review:based on 101 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Dark secrets, family torments, and two murders swirl around the stoic, hardened figure of Dolores Claiborne (Kathy Bates), a housekeeper accused of murdering her employer of 22 years. Then there was that timely accident that took Dolores's husband (David Strathairn) during the solar eclipse of 1975. Yet with all the somber suffering that follows Dolores like a miasma of pain, none of it compares with the heartache of a relationship she has with her grown daughter (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Although this flick is rife with horror, it is not of the supernatural kind, but rather of the torment only real people can impose on one another. The script is full of colorful language, and director Taylor Hackford successfully weaves several plot threads and psychological dilemmas throughout this engrossing tale without diminishing any of them. He not only culls intense performances from his cast, but he also brings to life the landscape around them. When the film's best-kept secret is finally given up, it occurs under the surreal backdrop of a solar eclipse that is a truly sensational bit of cinematography. --Rochelle O'Gorman

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Great drama/suspense

Watched long ago on TV, happy to find it on DVD, great story, and performances...also inspired me to visit Maine...one of the few states i havent visit yet...can't wait.

One more who loved the film

It has all been said by other reviewers, but I ,too thought the acting was superb. Bates and Parfitt in particular were anything but one dimensional characters. Story riveting. Am glad I chose to revisit it after 10 years. Especially now being a parent of a teen.

A Powerful Love Story

The film is a true to life portrayal of domestic abuse, systematic dysfunction, and the incredible damage endured by a family controlled by an alcoholic sadist. For me, ultimately, the film is about what lengths a mother will go through to help her daughter. Even if it meant the loss of that primary relationship, Dolores does what she thinks is necessary to protect her daughter. This is the love story.
Kathy Bates has never fit into a character so well, and the editing, creative melding of the past and the present, provides a compelling, gritty ground for the drama. Love between women is rarely dramatized as well as it was in this film.
The men are superfluous, and riveting in their contempt for the female characters. This movie is extremely powerful, provocative, and evocative. Ultimately, I believe the movie was not formally recognized by the Hollywood community because they simply could not handle the subject matter.
For the men that control things, this movies strikes too close to home. Or just maybe, the ultimate act performed during the solar eclipse scared one man too many. One of my favorite films of all time.

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Dolores Claiborne

Kathy Bates and Jennifer Jason Leigh are great in this one. A five star performance.

Still holds up.

Dolores Claiborne starring Kathy Bates and Jennifer Jason Leigh is a thrilling and very under-rated film of 1995. Both these talented actress' pull off edgy and complicated characters with such ease. The twist ending is probably the best part of the movie, this film is somewhat shocking but in a good way. Based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, Dolores Claiborne is one film not to be missed, enjoy!

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