Rated or Dated: Misery (1990)

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4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Another week, another one of film’s most villainous women: this time it’s deranged devotee Annie Wilkes, a role which bagged Kathy Bates an Oscar for mangling the feet, mind and spirit of novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan). Its credentials are impeccable, with a William Goldman screenplay based on Stephen King’s novel directed by Rob Reiner. But, ask Mick, Hannah and Jen, is that bitch crazy? Is she misunderstood? Or is she just a hell of a drug? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to rated or dated. I'm Hannah Dunleavy and I am joined by Jen Offord.
0:17.3	Hello. That was a strange. A man with a drill. Just caught a little bit of drilling now.
0:22.6	It's like, oh, well, that must be the drilling she speaks of.
0:25.6	There we go.
0:26.6	And Mickey Noonan.
0:28.6	I don't think we're a loud man on the podcast, even if they bought equipment.
0:33.6	It's ironic, isn't it?
0:35.6	The one male contribution we get is just like droning.
0:40.7	Anyway, just briefly to explain to people, we didn't actually end up watching what we were going to watch because of technical reasons.
0:47.4	So instead, we watch something different this week.
0:50.0	And I would like to ask you, what did we watch that I found myself unexpectedly or baby
0:56.9	expectedly, I don't know, identifying with its lead actress because I too as a child knew
1:04.4	he did not get out of the Cockatoodie car.
1:10.0	Well, we'll talk more about whether we identify slash sympathise with Annie Wilkes.
1:15.9	But I just want to say, I'm okay.
1:18.4	She's in the house.
1:19.4	I can't move.
1:20.2	My legs are broken.
1:24.7	I'm okay.
1:26.8	That's right, you dirty, dirty birdies.
1:30.6	This week we watch Misery, the 1990 big screen adaptation of Stephen King's 1987 novel directed by Rob Reiner and with a screenplay from William Goldman.
1:42.6	Now, I've made you to watch a film directed by Rob Reiner with a screenplay from William Goldman. Now, I've made you to watch a film directed by Rob Reiner
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