Dolores Claiborne

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 ...more

Having given her best, Oscar-winning performance in Misery (1990), actress Kathy Bates returns to the well (so to speak) of Stephen King adaptations with this dour but moving drama. Bates had a richer, more full-bodied character to play in the earlier film to be sure, but she does a remarkable job here of bringing to life a woman who is stronger than she seems at first glance. In fact, Dolores is ultimately revealed to be tougher than a hickory knot, and it's a testament to Bates's skill as an ...more