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A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 87%, Metacritic 62/100. Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 84% of the 671 1990s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic62/100
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
904 audience votes
Key crew
- Taylor HackfordDirector
- Tony GilroyScreenplay
- Danny ElfmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kathy BatesDolores Claiborne
- Jennifer Jason LeighSelena St. George
- Judy ParfittVera Donovan
- Christopher PlummerJohn Mackey
- David StrathairnJoe St. George
- Eric BogosianPeter
- John C. ReillyConst. Frank Stamshaw
- Ellen MuthYoung Selena
- Bob GuntonMr. Pease
- Roy CooperMagistrate
- Wayne RobsonSammy Marchant
- Ruth MarshallSecretary
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Themes
depressionchild abuseislandbased on novel or bookdetectivesuspicion of murderabusive fathermelancholydysfunctional familylawsuitalcoholismmurder
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