© Copyright © 2000 - 2020 Stephen King - All Rights Reserved. THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979) - WTF Really Happened to this Movie? [8] Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times called it "a wry, old-fashioned game of cat and mouse" with good acting.

[7] Andy Webster of The New York Times called it a "low-key, assured thriller" with a strong performance from Allen. But again, it would have made for a much better short. [4], Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 35% of 20 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 4.8/10. Lizzie Kitsakis is working late when she gets the call. All movie titles, pictures, etc... are registered trademarks and/or copyrights of their respective holders, Dedicated hosting provided by NEXCESS.NET Web Hosting, Website Design & Development by Face3 Media, Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy (4K), CREEPSHOW ANIMATED SPECIAL Trailer (2020) Horror Anthology, AMERICAN HUSTLE Interviews (2013) Christian Bale, Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale, David O. Russell, SERVANT Season 2 Teaser Trailer (2020) Horror Series, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER Clip - ''Mist'' + Trailer (2010), CHARLES BAND Interview (2020) Full Moon Movies! A Good Marriage is a 2014 American psychological thriller film based on the novella of the same name by Stephen King, from the 2010 collection Full Dark, No Stars.It stars Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Kristen Connolly and Stephen Lang.It was released on October 3, 2014.

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[11] Kiva Reardon of The A.V. A Good Marriage is a 2014 American psychological thriller film based on the novella of the same name by Stephen King, from the 2010 collection Full Dark, No Stars. Club rated it D+ and wrote, "By its conclusion, A Good Marriage doesn’t give a definitive answer to its titular topic, but it does make clear what makes a bad movie. Date. After 25 happy years of marriage, Darcy (Joan Allen) discovers her husband's sinister secret and must take drastic measures to keep it from being exposed in order to protect her grown children. The Marriage Plot (FSG, 2011) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and won both the Prix Fitzgerald and the Madame Figaro Literary Prize. When hubby's away on a business trip, Darcy makes a shocking discovery: her husband is actually a notorious serial killer, who's killed twelve women over the last few decades. Story Collection. [5] Metacritic rated it 43/100 based on eight reviews. SERVANT Season 2 Teaser Trailer (2020) Shyamalan Horror, ONCE UPON A SNOWMAN - Official Clip + Trailer (2020), JOHNNY MNEMONIC Clip - QiGong Mediation (1995) Keanu Reeves, RAPUNZEL'S TANGLED ADVENTURE Clip - "Rapunzel's Spooky Halloween", CHILD EATING - New Nightmare, Pan's Labyrinth, Hansel and Gretel (Scary Studies), YOUR HONOR Official Trailer #2 (HD) Bryan Cranston, CAPTAIN AMERICA (2011) Clips & Trailers [HD] Marvel, Chris Evans, LOGAN (2017) Movie Clips - Forest Fight [HD] Hugh Jackman, HELLBOY Clip - "Wrestling" (2019) David Harbour, TITAN A.E. On May 19, 2012, ScreenDaily reported that Will Battersby and Peter Askin were producing an adaptation of A Good Marriage; Askin was announced as directing Stephen King's screenplay of his own novella. The two make for a convincing couple and have strong chemistry. [15], "Stephen King's 'A Good Marriage' Scares Up U.S. Distribution", "Atlas bears Stephen King thriller A Good Marriage", "Joan Allen Closes Deal to Star in Stephen King Adaptation 'A Good Marriage, "BTK's daughter: Stephen King 'exploiting my father's 10 victims and their families' with movie", "Review 'A Good Marriage' a wry, old-fashioned game of cat and mouse", "Finding Out Your Husband is a Serial Killer in Stephen King's A Good Marriage", "Movie review: Stephen King's 'A Good Marriage' a mediocre thriller", "Stephen King adapts a bad movie out of his own A Good Marriage", "[Review] 'A Good Marriage' Is the Worst Stephen King Movie Yet", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Good_Marriage_(film)&oldid=982250949, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 7 October 2020, at 01:00.

Sadly, he only really figures in to the last fifteen minutes, and one wishes more time had been spent on him early on. Released. 58, No. Allen's been off the big-screen for too long, and she's a likable, warm figure, convincing as a passionate wife, a loving mother, and a tough heroine.

It would have made a killer hour of some anthology show (not that they exist any more) but it's fairly dull as a film. "A Good Marriage" (Film) SPOILERS INSIDE. Clip - "A Course for the Nebula" (2000), RUN Trailer (2020) Sarah Paulson Horror Thriller Movie, NEWS OF THE WORLD Trailer #2 | NEW (2020) Tom Hanks Movie, George Lazenby's James Bond Revisited: On Her Majesty's Secret Service, SERVANT Season 2 Official Date Announcement (HD) M. Night Shymalan, THE GOOD DOCTOR Season 4 Official Trailer (HD) Freddie Highmore, A TEACHER Official Promo Trailer (HD) Kate Mara, BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM - Movie Review (2020) Sacha Baron Cohen, THOR: THE DARK WORLD (2013) Behind the Scenes Footage [HD] Marvel, HELLBOY II Interviews (2008) Hellboy, Luke Goss and Anna Walton, Peter Jackson's THE FRIGHTENERS: The Best Movie You Never Saw, Sylvester Stallone - DEMOLITION MAN: Reel Action. Paula Rader was married to this monster for thirty-four years, and many in the Wichita area, where Rader claimed his victims, refuse to believe that she could live with him and not know what he was doing. [10] Rod Pocowatchit of The Wichita Eagle rejected concerns of exploitation, but said that the film comes across as a low-budget made-for-TV film. A Good Marriage Kimberly McCreight, 2020 HarperCollins 400 pp. Interested in The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides? It does feel like an episode of something stretched to feature-length. 0. Discover similar books recommended by the world's most successful people in 2020. Close. JOHN WICK 2 Interview (2017) Keanu Reeves, Common, Ruby Rose & more!

Advertise on this Site | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Site Map | Links | Shopping, © 1998 - present JoBlo Media Inc., All Rights Reserved | JoBlo® is a trademark of JoBlo Media Inc. Uncharted: Tom Holland unveils first-look image of himself as Nathan Drake, Showtime's Dexter returning for limited-series run with Michael C. Hall, Peter Jackson's The Frighteners: The Best Movie You Never Saw, Ghostbusters sneakers from Reebok releasing in time for Halloween, The Last Starfighter sequel is still in the works, Coming 2 America: Amazon to purchase Eddie Murphy sequel for December debut, The Monster Squad documentary Wolfman's Got Nards gets a trailer, Netflix renews Cobra Kai for Season 4 and unveils Season 3 release date. [13] Patrick Cooper of Bloody Disgusting rated it 1/5 stars and called it the worst King adaptation yet due to its lack of thrills. PLOT: Darcy (Joan Allen) has it all: three grown, successful kids, and an adoring husband (Anthony LaPaglia). Overall, The Marriage Plot is stifling, exhausting, and only vaguely suggestive that any of these people will enjoy the fruits of their college preparations. This is nothing new for King I suppose, and it's not a surprise that the distributors would want to play up its connection to the famous writer. A Good Marriage. ISBN-13: 9780062367686 Summary A riveting novel from the bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia, in which a woman’s brutal murder reveals the perilous compromises some couples make—and the secrets they keep—in order to stay together. This story came to my mind after reading an article about Dennis Rader, the infamous BTK (bind, torture, and kill) murderer who took the lives of ten people--mostly women, but two of his victimes were children--over a period of roughly sixteen years. 9, Pg 44, "How We Lost the Marriage Plot" More From: W. David O. Taylor This article is from the November 2014 issue . In the end, A GOOD MARRIAGE is a … Throughout the entire film, my wife and I kept saying that "if they don't fuck it up in the end", the movie is absolutely terrific. His collection of short stories, Fresh Complaint, is from FSG (2017). I also wrote it to explore the idea that it's impossible to fully know anyone, even those we love the most. [9] Pete Vonder Haar of The Village Voice wrote that it is a serviceable, nondescript thriller that was a surprising choice to adapt to film. Darcy Anderson learns more about her husband of over twenty years than she would have liked to know when she stumbles literally upon a box under a worktable in their garage. In the end, A GOOD MARRIAGE is a so-so movie. I did believe--I do believe--and I wrote this story to explore what might happen in such a case if the wife suddenly found out about her husband's awful hobby. Too much time is devoted to Darcy walking around her house, looking through her husband's things or doing research. One good thing about A GOOD MARRIAGE is that Joan Allen and Anthony LaPaglia are extremely well cast. Posted by 5 years ago. [14] Staci Layne Wilson of Dread Central rated it 3/5 stars and questioned the choice of source material. Could No Time to Die debut on a streaming service? [6] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a decidedly minor" adaptation that "fails to fulfill the potential of its provocative premise". The film, when announced, caused controversy when King said that he took influence from serial killer Dennis Rader. He looks like a nice-enough guy, but he also can shoot you a devastating, deranged look that's uncomfortably convincing. It was released on October 3, 2014. REVIEW: A curious thing happened the other week, in that on a press release sent out promoting this film, journalists were asked to refer to this by its full title, which is STEPHEN KING'S A GOOD MARRIAGE rather than simply A GOOD MARRIAGE. It stars Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Kristen Connolly and Stephen Lang. Available In. The idea of someone not really knowing their spouse even after decades of marriage is compelling. Full Dark, No Stars. Once she actually finds out what's going on, she plays along for far too long for it to be especially convincing even if King goes through pains to make you understand why exactly she can't go to the police. November 2010. What a garbage ending. The film was released in the United States on October 3, 2014. Yet, while this no doubt made for a great short story, it's not especially exciting as a feature. The same thing goes for LaPaglia, who's good at conveying duplicity, a must for the part. Another vet, Stephen Lang comes into the fray later-on as a veteran cop on the trail of LaPaglia's alter-ego, and in an interesting twist he plays the part as terminally ill. "[12] Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine rated it 2/4 stars and wrote, "The film is watchable in a plodding one-thing-after-another sort of way, but it could have used far more of King's mordant humor".

November 2014, Vol. [2] On September 11, 2012, Joan Allen was announced as the lead in the film.[3].

Sadly, King's connection is really the only thing that distinguishes the movie from your run of the mill low budget thriller. November 2010.