Dolores Claiborne vs The Adversary
Dolores Claiborne has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6.6/10 for The Adversary). The Adversary is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 12m. Dolores Claiborne is the older of the two (1995 against 2002). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dolores Claiborne
The Adversary| Dolores Claiborne | The Adversary | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 2002 |
| Length | 2h 12m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Taylor Hackford | Nicole Garcia |
| Main cast | Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Bogosian, Judy Parfitt, Kathy Bates, Christopher Plummer | Daniel Auteuil, François Berléand, François Cluzet, Anne Loiret, Géraldine Pailhas |
Synopsis
Dolores Claiborne
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.
The Adversary
Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of medicine in a plot more closely based on Romand's life and Carrère's book than was Laurent Cantet's 2001 film L'Emploi du Temps. The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
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