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Stephen King's a Good Marriage

Joan Allen (Actor), Anthony Lapaglia (Actor), Peter Askin (Director) Rated:
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From the legendary Stephen King - As a sadistic serial killer is spreading fear across the Northeast, taunting the police as his victims pile up, Darcy Anderson (Joan Allen) and her husband Bob (Anthony LaPaglia) are celebrating another year of a good marriage. But when Darcy unveils a sinister secret about her husband, it threatens their perfect marriage - and lives.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ SCMD801388DVD
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Peter Askin
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Widescreen, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 42 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ December 30, 2014
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Joan Allen, Anthony Lapaglia, Stephen Lang
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Screen Media
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00NW6KW16
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 1,697 ratings

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Rhonda S
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Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2024
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Rodney Luck
5.0 out of 5 stars An exquisitely made, psychological thriller!
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2017
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I have loved the novels of Stephen King since I was in high school in the early 1970s. I was reading CARRIE before the name Stephen King was a household word. I continued to be impressed with each new King novel... SALEMS' LOT, THE SHINING, THE STAND, and on and on. I remember when I read MISERY and DOLORES CLAIBORNE, I saw a turning point in his writing. No longer were we reading about the supernatural, vampires, ghosts, monsters, but King started showing us the "monster" that can live inside of us. He brought his otherworldly horror and domesticated it, showing us the evil that can lurk beneath a person's exterior facade. In the movie A GOOD MARRIAGE (with a screenplay by King himself based on his short story), he brings that domesticated horror to a brilliant level. I won't discuss what happens in the story, but I will comment on what a wonderful job that Stephen King, his director, cameraman, and the actors, all do in making this story come to terrifying life. A GOOD MARRIAGE is evenly paced, subtle, detailed, and intense. The character's motivations are surprising to see and morally thought-provoking. How great it is to see a suspense/horror movie take it's time to ensure character development and proper atmosphere. I was nervous the whole time watching this couple in their marriage and seeing it erode. The plot twists were surprising all the way to the film's final moments. Basically, this story has been told in one way or another for years in literature and film (two people, usually in a relationship, with one of them hiding a dark secret about themselves). But
Stephen King puts his stamp on this familiar tale and keeps you guessing where it's all headed. I found the whole production very professionally made and loved every minute that I was on the edge of my seat. The two actors gave fine performances that simultaneously frightened me and
moved me. And the ending brings a redemption that I found unnerving, yet satisfying.
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Wayne C. Rogers
4.0 out of 5 stars You never really know another person.
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2015
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I was certainly intrigued by the trailers for the film of A Good Marriage.

I'd read the novella in Stephen King's collection, Full Dark and No Stars, and loved it. I wondered if the movie would be as good as the story. The film, however, never played at the theater in the hotel where I work, so I had to wait for the DVD to eventually come out. By now, of course, most of the reviews had really blasted the film, downgrading the performances and giving the film two-or-three stars. Still, I'm a big fan of the acting by both Joan Allen and Anthony LaPaglia, so I said to hell with it and purchased the movie on DVD, and I'm glad I did.

The movie is by no means as good as Stand By Me or Shawshank Redemption or The Dead Zone. At the same time, it is certainly better than The Lawnmower Man and Children of the Corn and Maximum Overdrive. I watched the film with a critical eye, examining the parts where other reviewers were the least complimentary. For me, there were no bad moments in the film. Certainly the movie was a low budget film when compared to others, but both Joan Allen and Anthony LaPaglia carried the production on their shoulders and did a wonderful job in their roles.

For those who don't know, A Good Marriage is about a loving couple who have been married for over two decades. In the movie, the husband is a fantastic accountant, who loves to travel on the weekends to coin shows and purchase rare coins for his collection. The wife is a stay-at-home mom who has raised her children and takes care of the house.

Now, they do have a neighbor who is young and sexy, d when the husband is working in the yard, he checks her out. But, that's something all men pretty much do no matter how old ty get. It's hard not to look at a pretty woman.

One night while her husband, Bob, is away to a coin show, the wife (Darcy) goes out to the garage to look for some batteries to the TV's remote control. She accidentally discovers a hidden box that's filled with the identification cards of the last woman murdered by the serial killer known as Beadie or BD.

In the novella, Darcy was able to correlate the dates to when her husband was away from home. Not so with the movie. When Bob calls her from the road to see how everything is going, he detects something different in her voice that causes the red lights to go off in his head.

Darcy wakes up during the night to find her husband has returned home early and is sitting in the dark corner, looking at her. He confronts Darcy about her new knowledge, acting like being a serial killer is no big deal. Darcy, however, knows that she has to buy time so she can figure out what to do. She realizes that no one would ever believe she didn't know Bob was the serial killer, and blame her and the children for his acts.

On top of this, there is a strange man whom she occasionally sees watching the house. The stranger is played wonderfully by Stephen Lang, who is totally unrecognizable in the role. I remember Lang from Michael Mann's movie, Manhunter, from back in the late eighties, and he does not look the same. Nor, does he appear to be the same man from Avatar.

I liked the film. I felt Bob and Darcy's long marriage was well established at the party in the beginning of the movie. There were two parts in the film that made me jump, which were good surprises and caught me somewhat off guard. The end of the movie was satisfying with all the loose ends tied up.

There were a few minor things that didn't ring true. Either the script writer or the director chose to include two dream sequences which you think is actually happening, but in reality is a dream so that it catches you off guard. This has been used dozens of times over the last three decades. The first time in A Good Marriage was kind of cool and it fooled me, but I was subconsciously looking for it the second time and knew when it was happening. The director should have known better. Never use a technique like that more than once in a film because the viewers will be expecting it after that.

Also, if Bob noticed the stranger watching their house, he never said anything and Bob noticed everything out of the ordinary.

There was one line I really enjoyed. It was pure Stephen King. Spoiler Alert!

Whenever Bob and Darcy had sex, he always wanted her to be on top. When Darcy was killing him near the end of the film, and she was straddling the front of his body, she asked Bob, "How do you like me being on top now?"

As I said earlier, over all I seemed to like the film better than others did. I would give it an honest B- to a solid B. Both of the lead actors made the movie as good as it was, with Joan Allen really stealing the show as a mild-mannered wife who is much tougher than she looks.
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Hondagal
5.0 out of 5 stars What's not to love? <And this from a King Film/TV critic>
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2020
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I went into this with our free time being wayyyyy tooooo much as of late. A HUGE King Fan...yes, I've even met him, since reading 'Carrie' back as a teen I instantly remembered this short story as it started playing out in front of me with real characters. But, it's been a very long time so I did not remember the exact ending but I did remember the chilling quandary it presented. and even though I dislike intensely most' everything he's put on film from the books this I found very well done. Especially when they<the book(s)> goes into 'the <shiver> series' mode. The ONLY one I've enjoyed is from the DirecTV network 'Mr. Merccedes' and now that whole channel is going away so I'm sad to know the last book will not be done. Joe Hills <his son for the non-King-er's reading this is doing/did one the 'Nos4a2' which was good but really like most of these, should have been done in 6-8 shows tops and over with. Even the new Pet Sematary movie I found ...meh. Coulda been better but did enjoy the plot twist at the end. I DID and am enjoying the 'IT' movies. But back on this, the actors were perfect, the few addons in character development for the new screenplay Stephen wrote for it are fabulous yet subtle and most chilling of all...BElievable. It poses an age-old question....just how far would you go and how much do you value life as we know it when it comes to relationships? <Raises one eyebrow precariously> <Haha> Just watch it. I'm not giving any spoilers. Trust me.
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Michele
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Movie
Reviewed in Canada on March 20, 2024
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Alejandro Rodríguez Vázquez
5.0 out of 5 stars Thriller espectacular
Reviewed in Mexico on September 16, 2017
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Muy buena película, excelente adaptación del libro de Stephen King, bastante recomendable. El thriller te mantendrá al borde de tu asiento
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Robyn B. Mcgorm
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2015
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Great marriage wonderful family nothing can go wrong, well maybe that is not the case with this one as something is slightly odd. 25 years of togetherness and happiness with each others company. While outside, a serial killer on the prowl of young women, a killer hunting his victims and killing them seems to becoming closer to home and with a stranger that's stalking their family. Is he after them or her or her kids. Now she finds her husband is not who he says he is and the frightening world is becoming real. This can't be real or only my imagination running wild. Now the storyline is terrific and the acting is fantastic so I gave it an A grade plus for suspense running on high and now for the snacks and fabulous entertainment that will rock the foundations your sitting on, while watching this movie. Enjoy!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hat mich ganz schön aufgewühlt!
Reviewed in Germany on April 12, 2015
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Als erstes: Ich las die Kurzgeschichte " Eine gute Ehe " vor Jaaahren.
Und zweitens: Man sollte/ kann einfach nicht vergleichen- Film und Buch.
Zumal hier wohl klar auf der Hand liegt, daß die knapp einhundertzwanzig
Seiten Lesestoff(der natürlich spannend war/ist) bestialisch gut verfilmt
wurde. Nämlich wahnsinnige einhundert Minuten lang!
ICH fühlte mich wie diese Ehefrau- schreckte zusammen, wenn sie zusammenzuckte.
WIE verhält sich ein Ehemann, der weiss, daß seine Frau herausfand, was er tat?
ER verhält sich absurd normal.
WIE verhält sich eine Ehefrau, die weiss, daß ihr Ehemann ein Sadist und Killer ist?
Spricht sie ihn darauf an? Wird sie dann sein nächstes Opfer?

Tatsache, unbestreitbare, ist, daß A GOOD MARRIAGE mir von Anfang an mehrmals den
Atem stocken ließ. Total abgefahrene Situation, die ich nie erleben möchte. Selber.
WIE lange hält die entsetzte Ehefrau dieses Spiel durch? Wie weit wird der Ehemann
gehen?
WAS weiss man überhaupt von dem Mann, mit dem man fünfundzwanzig lange Jahre verheiratet
ist, das Leben teilte? Mit dem man Kinder hat- und bis jetzt doch eigentlich ein Leben,
daß völlig " normal " war?
Dieser Kloss im Hals. Das Unfassbare. Wie würden wir reagieren...handeln??

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Story:

Darcy und Bob feiern ihren 25. Hochzeitstag.
Währenddessen verbreitet ein Serienkiller im Nordosten der USA
Angst und Schrecken.
Die Leichenfunde häufen sich, die Polizei kann den gewieften Täter
nicht fassen.
Eines Tages macht Darcy eine grauenhafte Entdeckung.
Die entscheidend und bedrohlich ihre perfekte Ehe belastet........

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Fazit:

Nach vierzig Minuten ist der " Horror " fast nicht mehr auszuhalten.
Und der Film A GOOD MARRIAGE weist eine Lauflänge von über einhundert Minuten auf.
Noch Fragen?
" Eine gute Ehe " fesselte mich, kurz.
A GOOD MARRIAGE beeindruckte, hielt mich gefangen. Liess mich fieberhaft nach
einem Ausweg mitsuchen.
A GOOD MARRIAGE zeigt genau das Kopfkino, was man sich nicht vorstellen möchte.
Jede weitere Meldung über einen Mordfall lässt meine/ deine Alarmglocken erklingen.
Lässt uns in Panik verfallen.
Jede Kommunikation des Ehepaares ist so nervenaufreibend...was geschieht nun......
wer rastet jetzt aus? Wie ist diese Lage einzuschätzen?
A GOOD MARRIAGE ist kein Horrorfilm.
A GOOD MARRIAGE ist Psychoterror auf höchster Stufe.
A GOOD MARRIAGE ist der definitive Hammer.

Ten Points. Fünf Sterne. Leider geht hier nicht mehr.
Aber ihr wisst das richtig einzuschätzen. Bin mir sicher.
:-)

ZWEI KÖNNEN LEICHT EIN GEHEIMNIS BEWAHREN, WENN EINER TOT IST.
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L. Perera
5.0 out of 5 stars Builds up
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2023
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Great movie and not the usual Stephen King style. Had us gripped. Well worth watching.
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