Stephen King’s A Good Marriage
Screen Media Films | Release Date: October 3, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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5
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2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
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The New York TimesAndy WebsterOct 2, 2014
While the director, Peter Askin, employs an all-too-customary suspense arsenal (vertiginous stairway perspectives, foreboding thunderstorms, ominous headlights), Mr. King’s script offers a wealth of behavioral details. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinOct 3, 2014
Seasoned pros Allen and LaPaglia are terrific as longtime mates forged together in an unexpected game of cat and mouse. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOct 2, 2014
Despite the author’s scripting and the fine central performances by Joan Allen and Anthony LaPaglia, this low-key effort directed by Peter Askin fails to fulfill the potential of its provocative premise. Read full review
50
Village VoicePete Vonder HaarSep 30, 2014
It's serviceable. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenSep 28, 2014
It could have used far more of King's mordant humor, which might have imbued the metaphorical autumnal proceedings with a much-needed jolt of pop anarchy, or even pathos. Read full review
40
The DissolveNoel MurrayOct 2, 2014
A Good Marriage comes off as curiously flat for a movie about a woman who sleeps next to a murderer every night. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoOct 3, 2014
Flat is the kindest way to describe A Good Marriage, a King novella turned feature that could have worked as a short or an episode of “Masters of Horror” but truly tests viewer patience at 102 minutes. It’s arguably the dullest King film yet, despite solid work by LaPaglia to save it and a decent set-up that goes absolutely nowhere. Read full review
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New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierOct 2, 2014
This one has a screenplay by Stephen King, adapting his own short story. Unfortunately, that can’t save this low-budget thriller. Read full review
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