Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
Directed by Taylor Hackford
depression
child abuse
island
based on novel or book
detective
suspicion of murder
abusive father
melancholy
dysfunctional family
lawsuit
alcoholism
murder
maine
domestic violence
reporter
maid
anger
alcoholic father
macabre
angry
accident
abusive husband
anti-depressant
bank account
antagonistic
awestruck
Rank
#43 in 1995·#2254 overall
Trailer
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Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
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Cast
Kathy Bates
Dolores Claiborne
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Selena St. George
Judy Parfitt
Vera Donovan
Christopher Plummer
John Mackey
David Strathairn
Joe St. George
Eric Bogosian
Peter
John C. Reilly
Const. Frank Stamshaw
Ellen Muth
Young Selena
Bob Gunton
Mr. Pease
Roy Cooper
Magistrate
Wayne Robson
Sammy Marchant
Ruth Marshall
Secretary
Crew
Taylor Hackford
Director
Tony Gilroy
Screenplay
Danny Elfman
Original Music Composer
Gabriel Beristain
Director of Photography
Taylor Hackford
Producer
Stephen King
Novel
Gary Davis
Stunt Coordinator
Kristie Sills
Second Second Assistant Director
Josh McLaglen
First Assistant Director
Steven Ramirez
Assistant Editor
Doc Kane
ADR Mixer
Nancy Klopper
Casting
Popular Reviews
124 reviews
Emma
8.0★ · 04/04/26
Nothing more amusing than Kathy Bates dialogue in this
Nothing more amusing than Kathy Bates dialogue in this
FluttershyPRO
10.0★ · 03/26/26
spectacular. I love the acting, the transition to the past and overall. she did everything she could for her daughter. ♥️
spectacular. I love the acting, the transition to the past and overall. she did everything she could for her daughter. ♥️
Mads
7.0★ · 03/01/26
i support women’s rights and wrongs, and she did nothing wrong
i support women’s rights and wrongs, and she did nothing wrong