Misery Movie Review (2024)

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What was the famous line from Misery? ›

Annie Wilkes : MISERY IS ALIVE, MISERY IS ALIVE! OH, This whole house is going to be full of romance, OOOH, I AM GOING TO PUT ON MY LIBERACE RECORDS!

One of those rare films capable of spending the entire running time focusing on the cat-and-mouse suspense between a superbly cinematic duo, without ever slowing down. All the psychological, emotional, and visceral angles of the horror are anchored to the performances of James Caan and Kathy Bates.

Annie decides that Paul must bring Misery back to life. She buys him a typewriter—famously missing the letter 'N'—and insists he write a new novel, one in which Misery is miraculously rescued from the grave, where she was mistakenly buried alive.

Stephen King's fictional character, Annie Wilkes — portrayed by Kathy Bates in the film adaptation of his book, Misery — could be the poster woman for “hurt people hurt people.” She is bipolar, sadomasoch*stic and exemplifies schizoid and schizotypal behaviors (among others).

A jury consisting of 1,500 film artists, critics, and historians selected "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn", spoken by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in the 1939 American Civil War epic Gone with the Wind, as the most memorable American movie quotation of all time.

Annie Wilkes is a character originating from Stephen King's 1987 novel Misery, in which she acts as one of the two central characters and main antagonist. In 2022, King picked her as his personal favorite character among all those he created in his literary career.

Yes, Annie Wilkes is dead by the end of the movie

The climax of Misery sees Paul finally gain the upper hand with Annie, allowing him to kill her once and for all. In the next scene, we pick up with him 18 months later out to lunch with his agent Marcia (Lauren Bacall).

The Gruesome Inside Story of 'Misery's' Terrifying Ankle-Bashing Scene. If you've seen the horror film Misery, which opened 25 years ago this November, chances are one scene is burned into your brain: the moment when Annie Wilkes breaks the ankles of bedridden novelist Paul Sheldon with a sledgehammer.

In her biography she writes about her time at McLean Hospital, a residential psychiatric facility in Massachusetts. She tells about the experiences she had there, the people that she met, and most importantly her diagnosis; Borderline Personality Disorder.

In the original novel, Annie Wilkes severs one of Paul Sheldon's feet with an ax. Goldman loved the scene and argued for it to be included, but Reiner insisted that it be changed so that she only breaks his ankles.

Is Misery based off of a true story? ›

Misery director Rob Reiner stated in the DVD commentary that Genene Jones loosely inspired Annie Wilkes. However, King never confirmed it. The writer claimed that Annie Wilkes was inspired by something other than true crime.

Paul survives setting the bedroom on fire and is rescued by the Colorado state patrol, who have found his car and not his body. Annie does not make it, and indeed, gets brained by Ducky Daddles, the typewriter.

“Shults' film is a loose remake of Rob Reiner's 1990 film, “Misery.” In it, The Weeknd plays himself, a famous singer, and Ortega plays his deranged fan/stalker.

Paul also finds out that Annie used to be married to a physical therapist named Ralph Dugan, who later divorced her, citing "mental cruelty". Annie was clearly angry at him for leaving her, but, to Paul's surprise, she didn't kill him. The reasons for Annie's leniency in this case are not explained in the novel.

Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate. If misery loves company, then triumph demands an audience. If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

The phrase “misery loves company” implies that people who are unhappy or even in pain tend to take comfort in knowing they're not alone in their suffering by making others miserable, too.

That was only one of the things about Annie that scared him. he first was that Annie Wilkes had a great deal of Novril (she had in fact, a great many drugs of all kinds). The second was that he was hooked on Novril.