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Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A dark and disturbing adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s controversial gothic feminist horror story about patriarchy and hysteria. Jane, a writer and young mother, is prescribed a rest treatment by her physician husband John, who takes her to a remote country estate for the summer. She becomes obsessed with the peculiar yellow wallpaper in the bedroom he has chosen for her. In her isolation, she secretly writes about a woman trapped in the wallpaper—that she must free.
Ratings
IMDb4.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes62%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
15 audience votes
Key crew
- K PontutiDirector
- K PontutiWriter
- Alexandra LorethWriter
Cast
- Alexandra LorethJane
- Joe MullinsJohn
- Jeanne O'ConnorJennie
- Clara HarteMary
- Mark P. O'ConnorJames
Stills
Themes
feministpsychological thrillerfeminist literature