Dolores Claiborne

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-03-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

132 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (26553 Reviews)

Director:

Taylor Hackford

Genres:

Crime Drama Mystery

Cast:

Kathy Bates Jennifer Jason Leigh Judy Parfitt Christopher Plummer

Writer:

Stephen King (book)

Tony Gilroy (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Dolores Claiborne works as a maid for a wealthy woman in remote Maine. When she is indicted for the elderly woman's murder, Dolores' daughter Selena returns from New York, where she has become a big-shot reporter. In the course of working out the details of what has happened, as well as some shady questions from the past and Selina's troubled childhood, many difficult truths are revealed about their family's domestic strife. This is cleverly portrayed with present reality shot in cool blue tones blending seamlessly into flashbacks shot in vivid color. As small town justice relentlessly grinds forward, surprises lie in store for the viewers....

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