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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Brilliant and touching

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Open to close the movie is 103 min. long. We'll say 93 min. of actual movie. It is 92 min. of negativity and 1 min. of positivity....but that 92 min. of negativity makes that 1 min. of positivity worth it.

During my blast of reading all that was Stephen King in the mid-90's, I remember this novel as being the latest, up to that point, piece of writing I got my hands on before going into retirement as it were. I remember the yarn being well told but as you read most of King's output you start getting set pieces or plot through lines you've read before. Rabid dog on the loose, Cujo, check, incapacitated bed occupant, Misery, check & traumatic event occurring on the day of a solar eclipse, Dolores Clairbourne, check anew. We now have the filmed version of Gerald's Game whereby a loveless married couple trying to rekindle their union w/a pair of handcuffs soon open the floodgates of calamity & terrifying claustrophobia. Sparsely acted & directed, the film works in fits & starts w/the bedroom scenes near soundless except for the seemingly unending dialogue which paints things a little much the obvious. The denouement involving a mysterious bogeyman feels forced & unnecessary given everything else which has come before that it threatens to capsize the entirety of the exercise.

Well, this is a weirdly interesting movie which makes it entertaining. Psychological and intense, this movie makes you want to look away, but you don't. You can't because you don't want to miss anything.

Let me start off by saying that I intend to keep this pretty short. I have never read the original text by Stephen King, but I know that the excellent and horrific story is his and should therefore not be accredited to the production. It's pretty difficult for me to review a Horror film without focusing mainly on the story, let along films from my favorite Horror genre which in my opinion are successful or unsuccessful based mostly on their plot, i.e. the story. But, let's try.The acting is absolutely excellent by all members of the cast, excellent acting and excellent casting for every character. However, it appears production has really pinched its pennies when it comes to art. Everything fake simply appears fake. The injured hand looks like plastic, the criminal's glowing eyes look amateur and cheap, stuff that without such great and compelling story, characters and acting would have really destroyed suspense of disbelief.Besides that? This is a Stephen King text brought to life, and people who have read it tell me the book is much better. As a film separated from its plot for objectivity's sake - I can only say it's slightly above average. Stephen King fans would probably love or hate it, but I simply feel grateful for having experienced the chilling story (besides the final twist which I find to be redundant and unnecessary), while being very much aware that it's the author who deserves the credit,.