A
daughter who has come to imagine the worst about her mother learns the facts
are quite different — and more shocking than she ever imagined — in this
adaptation of Stephen King's best-selling novel. Dolores Claiborne (Kathy
Bates) has spent nearly a quarter of a century looking after a mean-spirited
woman named Vera Donovan (Judy Parfitt) on a small island off the coast of
Maine; when Vera is found dead after falling down a flight of stairs,
Dolores is considered a prime suspect in her murder. Word of the affair
reaches New York-based journalist Selena St. George (Jennifer Jason Leigh),
Dolores's estranged daughter. Though she's about to leave on an important
assignment, Selena instead flies to Maine to find out what's happened with
her mother. Selena's father, Joe St. George (David Strathairn), died under
mysterious circumstances 15 years before; more than a few people believe
Dolores killed Joe, and many feel she did the same with Vera. Though the
strong and tough-talking Dolores stands her ground, police detective John
Mackey (Christopher Plummer) is convinced that there's more to her story
than she's letting on, and in time Selena learns the ugly truth about her
mother's connection to both deaths. This was Kathy Bates's second starring
role in a film based on Stephen King's work; she earned an Academy Award for
her breakthrough role in the movie version of King's Misery.| Kathy Bates | Dolores Claiborne |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh | Selena St. George |
| Judy Parfitt | Vera Donovan |
| Christopher Plummer | Detective John Mackey |
| David Strathairn | Joe St. Goerge |
| Eric Bogosian | Peter |
| John C. Reilly | Constable Frank Stamshaw |
| Wayne Robson | Sammy Marchant |
| Vernon Steele | Ferry Vendor |
| Bob Gunton | Mr Pease |
| John Benjamin Hickey | |
| Frank Adamson | Detective Supervisor |
| Roy Cooper | Magistrate |
Genre/Type - Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Psychological Drama
Produced by - Columbia Pictures
Running time - 131 min.
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