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Geralds Game
2017
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Average Rating
3.9
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3.8
(Interestingly, Flanagan declines to use musical cues in the films horror sequences, letting silence build the dread instead.)
Av Club
4.0
Despite almost never getting out of bed, Netflixs Geralds Game might be the most haunting Stephen King adaptation of the year.
Den Of Geek
4.5
Thanks to a grab bag of striking imagery and a gory payoff that doesnt disappoint, hes largely successful in that regard.
Indie Wire
3.8
Fans of the book will see it coming, and nobody should be surprised it made the cut.
Indie Wire
3.5
Geralds Game is anything but expected, and Gugino accepts punishment with impressive regard.
We Got This Covered
4.5
Theres no one around to hear her, theres no one coming, theres no one to help Jess at all.
Collider
3.8
is an embrace of female strength, outright, and its as moving as it is consummately thrilling.
Collider
4.0
(If ever a horror/thriller story would be ideal to execute in 80 minutes, it would be this one.)
Paste Magazine
4.0
While the film manages to bring itself in at a taut 103 minutes, the film could have been a little tighter if it didnt fall into an expository rabbit ..
Cinema Blend
4.5
Driven by two great performances, Geralds Game successfully turns Kings source material into a disturbing exercise in cinematic horror and suspense.
Screen Rant
2.5
The finale is especially effective, grisly enough that I looked away but thrilling enough that I looked back.
Village Voice
3.8
Its a smaller production than It, but just as twisted, with an endless appetite for the macabre and the grisly, bringing Kings vivid imagination to th ..
Blu Ray
4.0
Finally, after the abysmal The Dark Tower and the overhyped It, we have a Stephen King adaptation thats worthy of the brand.
The Times
4.5
It was just a dream..The woman isnt spoken of again in the film, a loose thread that feels far more conspicuous than it would in a novel, where flouri ..
Decider
4.5
Depending on your threshold for abuse narratives, yes.Geralds Game doesnt trawl the straight to DVD depths of many King joints, nor is it entirely cin ..
Decider
3.0
What often elevates far fetched genre fare is a firmly planted foot on the ground, an ability to ask and answer the question: but what would someone r ..
The Guardian
3.5
The lovely, talented actress delivers the best performance of her career in this frightening horror outing.
Reel Talk Reviews
3.8
The storys singular location, its intent focus on psychological interiority manifested by voices representing different aspects of the protagonists pe ..
Q Network
2.8
It would almost be worth the price of admissions; its certainly worth a Netflix click.
Ew
4.5
Director Flanagan pulls off another remarkable horror entry as Geralds Game is a thought provoking and eerie film, one that King fans owe it to themse ..
Cinema Crazed
3.5
Though it doesnt quite go to as dismal a place as the original story, it is still enticing in its own right, showcasing powerful themes in addition to ..
Film Inquiry
3.0
Strictly for horror fans who dont mind the eww factor along with some strong conceptual content.
Common Sense Media
2.5
Flanagan is an un ironic humanist, which is rare in the horror genre.
Slant Magazine
4.5
Netflix Its been a big year for big Stephen King movies but its turning into a pretty good year for small ones, too.While sweeping stories like It and ..
Uproxx
3.5
Unsurprisingly, the film is most accomplished to date, the result of the years hes spent giving a damn about his characters and their anguish. Hes so ..
Hollywood Reporter
4.5
But the purity of said intent can be transfigured into worthy pieces of pop art in the right cinematic hands.
Birth Movies Death
2.5
Taken strictly on its own terms, the film adaptation is an arrestingly and sometimes excruciatingly suspenseful psychological thriller lightly garnish ..
Variety
3.5
(Ranking: Every Stephen King Adaptation from Worst to Best) As a director, Flanagan pulls off the narrative challenge by never forgetting that, for al ..
Consequence Of Sound
3.5
Geralds Game is a timely, feminist locked room horror movie One of the best things about this movie is its smallness.
Vox
4.5
I cant think of the last time a movie made me nauseous from tension.But Geralds Game not only managed that, it also caused me to scream the whole way ..
The Play List
4.5
Makes a misstep in its final minutes, but the remainder of the film succeeds at building suspense, increasing our pulses, and making viewers care abou ..
Film School Rejects
4.5
Its a movie less about story than it is about execution and its truly chilling, with some powerhouse performances.
Ner Dist
4.0
Its a tense, chilling and disturbing movie with moments of shocking brutality and excellent performances from its leads.
Star Burst Magazine
4.5
Fortunately, the movie handles its more sensational elements without making them worse.
The Stranger
2.0
Movies Movies That Make Us Want To Go Back To College College.The good old days.
Refinery 29
4.5
There is enough suspense in the book to fill a 90 minute movie easy.
We Live Entertainment
1.5
Moreover, when Jessie defiantly confronts this real life serial killer in court, the message is a confounding one: that confronting ones demons can ef ..
Cinemix Tape
3.5
If youre a fella and go to this movie with a date, be prepared to hide under the theater seat.
Shockya
4.5
Whats the genre.Straight up horror, mostly of the psychological variety, though theres some out and out gore as well.
The Verge
5.0
As with his home invasion saga Hush, Geralds Game is a logistics oriented thriller.
The Daily Beast
4.5
It will make you scream and possibly also make your stomach turn over.
Fresh Fiction
4.5
Geralds Game is one of the most interesting and well acted movies youll see this year.
Yahoo
4.0
But I digress, Geralds Game is also meant to be empowering for women and offers a maybe too on the nose button to end the film.
Bloody Disgusting
1.5
Without spoiling anything, theres a scene that very nearly made me lose my dinner all over my laptop.
Review Journal
4.5
A passion project of his for many, many years, Flanagan manages to take a story that should, by all accounts, never work as a film and converts it int ..
Dread Central
4.0
Geralds Game captures your attention, and keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout.
Daily News
4.0
The rape revenge movie is at once a relic of more sensationalist horror era, and a genre that feels forever relevant.
The Muse Jezebel
3.5
The movie, like real life, understands that victim blaming head voices are often more persistently traumatizing than the original perp was by himself.
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