My Rating: 8/10
Misery was one of Rob Reiner's greatest movies hes ever directed. It was probably his only horror movie he directed. Misery is about a Romance author Paul Sheldon (James Caan) longs for parting with Misery. Sheldon’s plucky heroine of seven novels has delivered Sheldon fame and fortune and recognition beyond the average writer’s dreams, but she is also interminably linked to him. Determined to escape an eternal role as dimestore novelist, he kills her off in the eighth novel and heads to his New England cabin to work on his own Great American Novel. Upon completion, Sheldon excitedly sets out for his New York City publisher in the midst of a raging blizzard and within minutes veers into a desolate snowbank. From the brink of death, he is rescued from the snow by Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who just so happens to be Misery’s self-professed biggest fan. At first, she nurses him back to health in her remote cabin, telling him the roads and phones are knocked out by the storm, fawning over his literary accomplishments. However, things change when she purchases his eighth Misery book and reaches the point of Misery's death. Annie’s psychotic underbelly swiftly surfaces as the unfortunate author is held clandestinely captive in her home. Meanwhile, a wily small-town sheriff (Richard Farnsworth) circles in.
Now lets talk about the scenes in the movie. There was alot of good scenes in Misery but one I remember that will always be in my mind forever is the hobbling scene. Where Kathy Bates ties James Caan to the hospital bed and Kathy puts a block of wood between Caan's feet and grabs a sledge hammer and whacks both of Jame's feet. It is so hard to watch that scene because James Caan's foot swings like a door when Kathy Bates hits it.
Misery has won a few awards such as an Oscar, Another 2 wins & 5 nominations. It also got #12 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.
Misery's IMDB Profile
Misery: Hobbling Scene
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