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Gerald's Game
Horror · Thriller · Drama · 2017
When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.
Movie details
Gerald's Game
“Some games you play. Some you survive.”
2017 Horror · Thriller · Drama 1h 44m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Gerald's Game?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Mike Flanagan
Written by
Jeff Howard · Mike Flanagan
Carla Gugino
Jessie
Bruce Greenwood
Gerald
Carel Struycken
Moonlight Man
Chiara Aurelia
Young Jessie
Henry Thomas
Tom
Kate Siegel
Sally
A
Adalyn Jones
Maddie
Court is in session
Put Gerald's Game on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.