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By Betty Jo Tucker (725) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 07 Oct 2017

Watching Carla Gugino's character try to survive a terrifying situation may be exhausting for some viewers, but Gugino's extraordinary acting…

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By Christopher Lawrence (234) for Las Vegas Review-Journal (433) on 04 Oct 2017

Without spoiling anything, there's a scene that very nearly made me lose my dinner all over my laptop…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 04 Oct 2017

Flanagan smartly using bodily horrors to inspired severe psychological ones, delivering a King adaptation that honors the author and his genre…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 04 Oct 2017

Gerald's Game ultimately argues that monsters are real, and that they can only be defeated (or, at least, minimized) through direct confrontation…

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By Roger Catlin (31) for rogercatlin.com (27) on 03 Oct 2017

There's no paranormal activity at work in this Stephen King-inspired film, but Gerald's Game is just as nightmarish…

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By Anne Cohen (87) for Refinery29 (181) on 02 Oct 2017

Despite the rather absurd premise, it's well worth a watch…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 02 Oct 2017

Gerald's Game is a winning Stephen King adaptation that understands how to thrill through dread and mental breakdowns over cheap thrills…

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By Audra Schroeder (19) for The Daily Dot (155) on 02 Oct 2017

[Carla] Gugino's performance in particular is stunning and raw…

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By Renee Schonfeld (431) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 02 Oct 2017

Carla Cugino gives her all in a stellar performance…

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By Aja Romano (35) for Vox (725) on 02 Oct 2017

One of the best things about this movie is its smallness…

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By Rob Hunter (276) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 02 Oct 2017

Makes a misstep in its final minutes, but the remainder of the film succeeds at building suspense, increasing our pulses, and making viewers…

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By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 02 Oct 2017

Our advice: this is one game that you should take the time to play…

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By Kyle Anderson (153) for Nerdist (550) on 01 Oct 2017

Gerald's Game is an excellent piece of cinema, and proves that story and performance can overcome even the most 'unfilmable' source material…

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By Megan Burbank (30) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 01 Oct 2017

But against these bad odds, [Carla] Gugino totally sells her endurance piece of a role…

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By Britt Hayes (65) for ScreenCrush (954) on 28 Sep 2017

Gerald's Game isn't exclusively a story about trauma, but one of survival…

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By Darren Franich (64) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 28 Sep 2017

When it works, it's because of Gugino, the rare performer who can suggest victimized despair and empowered triumph…

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By Keith Phipps (1,177) for Uproxx (697) on 28 Sep 2017

Flanagan has a command of how to make the most of a single location, and Gerald’s Game often captures a sense of mounting tension and fear…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 28 Sep 2017

Any diehard King fan will tell you that the author’s biggest problem is endings…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for Guardian (4,584) on 28 Sep 2017

It's a barnstorming showcase for Gugino, so often underused, who tackles a difficult, physically restricted role with gusto…

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By Luke Y. Thompson (1,447) for Wizard (28) on 28 Sep 2017

The movie, like real life, understands that victim-blaming head-voices are often more persistently traumatizing than the original perp was by himself…

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