Indirect Spoilers:
We've all heard the old adage, "don't judge a person until you've walked a mile in their shoes." This saying perfectly sums up 'Dolores Claiborne."
The movie begins with Salena coming back, contemptuously, to her childhood hometown. Her deliberate hostility toward her mother leaves the viewer thinking, "What could have possibly happened to provoke such anger? Well, we've just seen her murder an old woman, so Dolores must have done something equally vile to her daughter."
Also, the characters of Vera and Detective Mackey are shown in a similar dislike. Salena, Dolores, Vera, and Mackey are all shown to be gloomy and friendless despicable characters.
The eventual plot twists leave the viewer to muddle over his/her too-easily former misconceptions. Though I enjoyed the layout of the plot and the dream sequences, it was the playing with the viewer's emotions and preconceived notions that makes this movie more than another dark drama.
We've all heard the old adage, "don't judge a person until you've walked a mile in their shoes." This saying perfectly sums up 'Dolores Claiborne."
The movie begins with Salena coming back, contemptuously, to her childhood hometown. Her deliberate hostility toward her mother leaves the viewer thinking, "What could have possibly happened to provoke such anger? Well, we've just seen her murder an old woman, so Dolores must have done something equally vile to her daughter."
Also, the characters of Vera and Detective Mackey are shown in a similar dislike. Salena, Dolores, Vera, and Mackey are all shown to be gloomy and friendless despicable characters.
The eventual plot twists leave the viewer to muddle over his/her too-easily former misconceptions. Though I enjoyed the layout of the plot and the dream sequences, it was the playing with the viewer's emotions and preconceived notions that makes this movie more than another dark drama.