DVD REVIEW FOR "DOLORES CLAIBORNE" (1995) (Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh) (R)
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131 minutes
Letterbox (1.85:1) 16x9 - Widescreen
English French
English French
Dolby Digital 2.0
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Plot: After her mother (Bates) is arrested for murdering her longtime employer, an estranged daughter (Leigh) arrives and the two try to sort out various troubling issues from their past.
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VIDEO:
(B+) Although most of the "current day" shots are bathed in a cold, blueish hue (which are juxtaposed against the more warmly tinted flashbacks), this was purposefully done to give the film its overall proper aura, and the effect works quite well (and obviously shouldn't be seen as a defect). Otherwise, and for the most part, the picture is quite sharp, but some pixelation (noted in shots of walls or the sky) and a few film artifacts (scratches and other "blips") are easily to notice.
AUDIO:
(B+) Despite the old standard Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby Surround), the disc's audio still sounds quite good, including composer Danny Elfman's mostly subdued score.
EXTRAS:
Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
Cast & Crew filmographies and biographies (on-screen text).
"Replicating the Solar Eclipse" — 6 pages of on-screen text detailing the eclipse affect that occurs in the movie.
Running audio commentary by director Taylor Hackford.
COMMENTS:
Having delivered an Oscar winning performance in "Misery" five years earlier, Kathy Bates returned for yet another stab at playing a demented Stephen King villainess (this film is loosely based on another King novel), and the results, while not quite as much "fun" as "Misery's" obsessed-fan character story, are still quite good. With an informative audio commentary by director Taylor Hackford — done four years after the film was originally released — this DVD should please fans of the film.
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