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.
Dolores Claiborne has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Dolores Claiborne (1995)
By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 30 Jan 2018
Review of Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Review of Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Review of Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Review of Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Review of Dolores Claiborne (1995)
By Adam B (2,189) on 03 Jan 2008
Review of Dolores Claiborne (1995)
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Dolores Claiborne was released in 1995 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 460 reviews, giving Dolores Claiborne (1995) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 83%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 70%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Dolores Claiborne than critics were.
With a score of 73%, Dolores Claiborne is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1995, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1995 with similar scores include films like Clueless, Crimson Tide and Get Shorty.
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