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Gerald's Game

  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
117K
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Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood in Gerald's Game (2017)
While trying to spice up her marriage in a remote lake house, a woman must suddenly fight to survive when she is left handcuffed to a bed.
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A couple tries to spice up their marriage in a remote lake house. After the husband dies unexpectedly, the wife is left handcuffed to their bed frame and must fight to survive and break free... Read allA couple tries to spice up their marriage in a remote lake house. After the husband dies unexpectedly, the wife is left handcuffed to their bed frame and must fight to survive and break free.A couple tries to spice up their marriage in a remote lake house. After the husband dies unexpectedly, the wife is left handcuffed to their bed frame and must fight to survive and break free.

  • Director
    • Mike Flanagan
  • Writers
    • Mike Flanagan
    • Jeff Howard
    • Stephen King
  • Stars
    • Carla Gugino
    • Bruce Greenwood
    • Chiara Aurelia
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    117K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    739
    201
    • Director
      • Mike Flanagan
    • Writers
      • Mike Flanagan
      • Jeff Howard
      • Stephen King
    • Stars
      • Carla Gugino
      • Bruce Greenwood
      • Chiara Aurelia
    • 421User reviews
    • 157Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 5 nominations

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    Gerald's Game (2017)
    Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood in Gerald's Game (2017)
    Carla Gugino in Gerald's Game (2017)
    Henry Thomas, Bryce Harper, and Adalyn Jones in Gerald's Game (2017)
    Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood in Gerald's Game (2017)
    Carla Gugino in Gerald's Game (2017)
    Carel Struycken in Gerald's Game (2017)
    Carla Gugino in Gerald's Game (2017)
    Henry Thomas in Gerald's Game (2017)
    Chiara Aurelia in Gerald's Game (2017)
    Chiara Aurelia in Gerald's Game (2017)
    Chiara Aurelia in Gerald's Game (2017)

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    Carla Gugino
    Carla Gugino
    • Jessie
    Bruce Greenwood
    Bruce Greenwood
    • Gerald
    Chiara Aurelia
    Chiara Aurelia
    • Young Jessie
    Carel Struycken
    Carel Struycken
    • Moonlight Man
    Henry Thomas
    Henry Thomas
    • Tom
    Kate Siegel
    Kate Siegel
    • Sally
    Adalyn Jones
    • Maddie
    Bryce Harper
    • James
    Gwendolyn McCann
    Gwendolyn McCann
    • Judge
    • (as Gwendolyn Mulamba)
    Jamie Flanagan
    Jamie Flanagan
    • Court Clerk
    • (as James Flanagan)
    Dori Lumpkin
    • Teenage Girl
    Natalie Roers
    • Reporter #1
    Nikia Reynolds
    • Reporter #2
    Bill Riales
    • Reporter #3
    Chuck Borden
    Chuck Borden
    • Court Officer #1
    Mike McGill
    • Court Officer #2
    Charles Dube
    • Corrections Officer
    Roach
    • Prince
    • Director
      • Mike Flanagan
    • Writers
      • Mike Flanagan
      • Jeff Howard
      • Stephen King
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The woman from the dream Jessie describes as standing over a well during an eclipse is Dolores Claiborne, the main character from Stephen King's 1992 novel of the same name.
    • Goofs
      It is very unlikely that the car's airbags wouldn't deploy with such a hard crash.
    • Quotes

      Gerald Burlingame: People are safe from ghouls and ghosts and the living dead in the daylight. And they're usually safe from them at night, if they're with others. But a person alone in the dark... women alone in the dark are like open doors, Jessie, and if they scream for help, who knows what might answer. Who knows what people see in the moment of their solitary death. Is it so hard to believe that some of them might have died of fear? No matter what the words on the death certificate say... died of fear... because they saw, at their bedside, the Moonlight Man. Maybe that's just what death looks like.

      Jessie Burlingame: Not... real...

      Gerald Burlingame: Then why did the dog leave?

    • Crazy credits
      In each of the main credits' screen, a letter G, O, C or N is styled with the bright half-circle of the eclipse, which defines the color of the fonts: Letters to the left of that one are "lit up" in yellow, less bright the farther they are; the other letters are red. The remaining credits also have an unusual lighting, scrolling over a bright circle so that some letters are suddenly clearer.
    • Connections
      Featured in FoundFlix: Gerald's Game (2017) (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Bring It on Home to Me
      Performed by Sam Cooke

      Written by Sam Cooke

      Courtesy of ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment

    User reviews421

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    6/10
    Okay, but not great
    After an attempt to reignite the passion in their marriage goes awry, Jessie is left handcuffed to a bed in a secluded house with her husband, Gerald, dead. Not only must she break free from her shackles but she must avoid being killed by a wild dog that figures that Jessie is on the menu. Then she starts to hallucinate and reminisce.

    Based on a Stephen King, the movie contains many horror elements as well as human drama and survival drama elements. The survival drama is reasonably interesting, and is the best part of the film. However, it is not substantial enough to be able to make up the entire movie, hence the need for the human drama side, and the horror side, to a lesser degree.

    The human drama feels overwrought and often like padding, which, from my previous comment, it is. The horror elements are a bit confusing as they are often products of Jessie's mind, but one part then isn't. This also makes the conclusion quite odd, as it seems to come out of nowhere.

    Overall: watchable, but only just, and only for the survival-based intrigue.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 29, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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      • Official Netflix
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Trò Chơi Tình Ái
    • Filming locations
      • Mobile, Alabama, USA
    • Production company
      • Intrepid Pictures
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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