Recently I re-visited "Misery" and remembered what a great actress Kathy Bathes was - so without much procrastination I decided to watch "Dolores Claiborne" again and must admit it is even better than I remember, in fact, in certain aspects is far more exciting that "Misery" which was brilliant but far from realistic - this movie is more disturbing as it deals with real-life situations and deep scars that threat to completely destroy people's lives.
Hard-boiled journalist (extremely unlikable Jennifer Jason Leigh) returns home after fifteen years to check out on her mother, accused for murder. Its all déjà vu as many years ago police had already investigated another case where mother was also involved and detective Christopher Plummer never got over how he couldn't pinpoint the blame on her, but this time he is determined to put her behind the bars. Kathy Bates plays the mother and she relish the role of a lifetime - "Misery" might be far more known but that was just a caricature, here she is able to express hope, joy, sorrow and everything in between as a hard-working, no-nonsense woman who have nothing going on for her in life except strong hands to go trough life stoically and as she suffers silently, all the injustice had to be swept under the rug because life is simply too hard for self-pity. Surprisingly, this story comes from a novel by horror master Stephen King who for a change shift gears into unexpected but perfectly plausible psychological thriller and I must say that recently my appreciation of his writing talent radically widened, as he is obviously capable of writing far more than just horror.
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