Gerald's Game - review

I watched this movie a long time ago, but for some reason, I didn’t do the review. I hadn’t much information at the time I decided to watch it. But what I had was enough. Stephen King’s story? Let’s go for it!

When it goes wrong…

The general idea of the story is about a couple trying a sexual fantasy that goes wrong. Entirely credible, a situation you would never think could happen. But it could. Worst, it would be a huge problem…

A simple and common fantasy: your partner ties you to the bed. Then… he has a heart attack. You are alone, tied up, with no chance of asking for help and with a dead body in the room. Creepy enough?

Our mind is full of tricks

This whole vision is enough to make us cringe. Yet, the story is not about what went wrong. It is about the tricks your mind can play on you when you are scared, tired, and desperate.

The way the whole thing is conducted could have been perfect. After all, everything concerning our mind, especially in realistic situations, tends to be quite scary. It is the goal of King’s stories, right?

Unfortunately, the movie isn’t as good as it could. At some point, the hallucinations are not scary but slightly annoying. You don’t believe them anymore, and that kind of destroys the whole disturbing feeling, you’d suppose to have.

Potential vs. Reality

The story is interesting, and I would like to give it a better review. Unfortunately, the way they decided to explore it wasn’t that exciting. You start to feel tired, and the hallucinations don’t fool you anymore.

At some point, all you want is for it to end. Quickly.

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