Best-selling novelist Paul Sheldon is on his way home from his Colorado hideaway after completing his latest book, when he crashes his car in a freak blizzard. Paul is critically injured, but is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, Paul’s “number one fan”, who takes Paul back to her remote house in the mountains (without bothering to tell anybody). Unfortunately for Paul, Annie is also a headcase. When she discovers that Paul has killed off the heroine in her favorite novels, her reaction leaves Paul shattered (literally)…

Misery (1990)
  • Rating: (62,061 votes)
  • Taglines:This Christmas there will be... Misery. » The Tide Has Come. »
  • Runtime:107 minutes
  • Director: Rob Reiner
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Paul Sheldon
    James Caan
    Annie Wilkes
    Kathy Bates
    Buster
    Richard Farnsworth
    Virginia
    Frances Sternhagen
    Marcia Sindell
    Lauren Bacall
    Libby
    Graham Jarvis
    Pete
    Jerry Potter
    Anchorman (as Tom Brunelle)
    Thomas Brunelle
    Anchorwoman
    June Christopher
    Reporter #1
    Julie Payne
  • Genre:Thriller
  • Producers:
    Steve Nicolaides
    co-producer  
    Rob Reiner
    producer  
    Andrew Scheinman
    producer  
    Jeffrey Stott
    co-producer  
  • Plots: Best-selling novelist Paul Sheldon is on his way home from his Colorado hideaway after completing his latest book, when he crashes his car in a freak blizzard. Paul is critically injured, but is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, Paul's "number one fan", who takes Paul back to her remote house in the mountains (without bothering to tell anybody). Unfortunately for Paul, Annie is also a headcase. When she discovers that Paul has killed off the heroine in her favorite novels, her reaction leaves Paul shattered (literally)... Written by Andrew Backhouse (andback74)
Misery
  • User's comment: by tfrizzell

    "Misery" is one of those films that over-achieves. The material is not very good, the plot is somewhat thin, and most of the characters are one-dimensional. However, with that said Kathy Bates takes the material and runs with it all the way to the bank. This film made her a household name and provided her with a Best Actress Oscar in 1990. She stars as a crazed fan who cares for author James Caan after he's involved in a near-fatal auto accident in the middle of nowhere. Quickly her mood goes from cheerful to downright frightening when she learns that Caan's fictional heroine "Misery" will die in his newest novel. Caan's character is not very well developed and this somewhat stalls the film, but it really does not matter because of Bates's performance. All in all, "Misery" is one of Stephen King's novels that actually plays well on film. If Bates were taken away, I am not sure how this film would fare. Thank goodness we do not have to find out. 4 out of 5 stars


  • Quotes: Annie Wilkes: What's the ceiling that Dago painted? Paul Sheldon: The Sistine Chapel? Annie Wilkes: It's the swearing, Paul. It has no nobility.
  • Also known as: Misery (Argentina), Misery (Austria), Misery (France - imdb display title), Misery (Greece), Misery (Japan - imdb display title), Misery (Poland), Misery (Spain), Misery (West Germany), Miseria (Mexico - imdb display title), Miseria (Peru - imdb display title), Miseria (Venezuela), Lida (Finland - Swedish title), Lida (Sweden), Ölüm kitabi (Turkey - Turkish title), Louca Obsessão (Brazil), Misery - O Capítulo Final (Portugal), Misery non deve morire (Italy), Mizeri (Serbia - imdb display title), Piina (Finland), Tortúra (Hungary),

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