Gerald's Game
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): September 29, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The PlaylistKristy PuchkoSep 26, 2017
Gerald’s Game is a symphony of suspense and scares, spiked with just the right amount of gruesome gore. Read full review
90
VarietyJoe LeydonSep 26, 2017
Taken strictly on its own terms, the film adaptation is an arrestingly and sometimes excruciatingly suspenseful psychological thriller lightly garnished with horror-movie flourishes...and driven by a compelling lead performance that is entirely worthy of a description too often misapplied to lesser work: tour de force. Read full review
89
IGNWilliam BibbianiSep 28, 2017
Gerald’s Game is a set of tightly wound gears that cranks out dread. Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood are as superb as they have ever been. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeSep 26, 2017
Perhaps because he’s had a couple of decades to think about it, Flanagan’s vision for the film is assured, full of intimate closeups that allow Gugino’s multi-layered performance to shine. Read full review
83
IndieWireEric KohnSep 25, 2017
Gugino and Greenwood deliver first-rate performances enriched by their characters’ ambiguous qualities. Read full review
81
The VergeTasha RobinsonSep 26, 2017
It’s a heightened, sometimes stagey take on a trashy exploitation flick, but it is mesmerizing. Read full review
80
UproxxKeith PhippsDec 4, 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 through small touches like the play of light through the window signaling the end of another day with no promise of a way out. Read full review
80
Paste MagazineJim VorelSep 28, 2017
Ultimately, Gerald’s Game is an unassuming, overachieving little thriller that is blessed by two performers capable of handling the lion’s share of the dramatic challenges it presents. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoSep 29, 2017
Any diehard King fan will tell you that the author’s biggest problem is endings. For years, it was almost a joke that King didn’t know how to wrap up even his best books. His ending for Gerald’s Game is atrocious, and you’d be better off turning this off about ten minutes before the credits and just imagining what happens. Read full review
75
Consequence of SoundDan CaffreySep 25, 2017
Despite a handful of faults, it’s that rare horror film that works on both a psychological and a visceral level. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlSep 28, 2017
With rasps and desperate eyes, Gugino communicates Jessie’s thinking and planning so powerfully that cutaways to that other Jessie, the chatty vision, egging her on, prove redundant. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenSep 25, 2017
Mike Flanagan is an un-ironic humanist, which is rare in the horror genre. And this admirable quality trips the filmmaker up in the second half of Gerald's Game, which pivots on Jessie learning to stand up to diseased masculinity. Read full review
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