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Bates is a great actress.Here she is a protective mother who senses things going on with her husband.This "filthy creep" takes all the hard earned... ney Dolores works for,and cheats his daughter out of college funds.When Joe gets drunk and crass,Dolores gets revenge and he gets his "just desserts";We find out Joe has been molesting selena,his innocent daughter.Dolores gets in law trouble.A detective hounds her because he knows something she did to her hubby. Joe gets angry,and she plants a hole he falls into.When a wealthy friend kills herself,the detective puts the blame on dolores again. Jennifer Love Hewitt plays the confused Selena,who seems oblivious to what happened,until she takes the same ferry shared by her and her father.Bates is fabulous in any film she tackles.My favorite is "Fried Green Tomatoes, and I love her! Full Review
September 19,2008
Honeydove64
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The movie is given unusually wide dimension by director Taylor Hackford, who creates a subtly scary drama that emphasizes character over caricature (in most cases) and plausibility over formulaic stupidity (again, in most cases).Full Review
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
It's sometimes distracting to tell a story in flashbacks and memories; the story line gets sidetracked. The director, Taylor Hackford, is successful, however, in making the present seem to flow into and out of the past.Full Review
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
The mysteries of Dolores Claiborne are never gripping enough to consume an audience, and there are few, if any, surprises along the way. But the women are wonderful and reason enough to see the picture.Full Review
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
Although the forced ending, which seems deigned to create an unnatural moment of triumph, weakens the climactic catharsis, it doesn't diminish the naked honesty which forms the foundation of Dolores Claiborne.Full Review
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
Taylor Hackford's film version of the Stephen King novel, has a whopping list of shortcomings -- and yet it still manages to be an engrossing, unsettling and, at times, powerful psychological thriller.Full Review
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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