I think so. I thaught she did such a good job portraying this woman.
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Sunflower007 — 16 years ago(July 25, 2009 10:54 PM)
~ I always thought that Kathy Bates deserved the oscar for this role. Her performance was excellent & justible.
That was definely a huge oscar mistake.
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tambourine_man36 — 16 years ago(August 09, 2009 11:32 PM)
This is probably the best Stephen King adaptation out there maybe tied with Carrie at the very least. But all the acting was top-notch. I've learned to care less and less about what the academy thinks qualifies as good acting these days.
But where are people getting that Gwenyth Paltrow is the winner for the same year Dolores Claiborne was released?? The winner for 1995 Best Actress was Susan Sarandon for Dead Man Walking. She was a worthy winner but they could have left out Sharon Stone in Casino and put who really deserved to be nominated: Kathy Bates. -
jim_burt — 11 years ago(November 10, 2014 02:04 AM)
If an actor could give only one performance in their entire career and have that one performance be the entirety of their careerno actor could wish for a more perfect showcase than Kathy Bates had in "Dolores Claiborne".
Pretty much says it all. And great performances all around by Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Judy Parfit. If it hadn't been written by Stephen King, perhaps this would have received the accolades it so richly deserved. -
Dreamsville — 9 years ago(November 08, 2016 06:39 PM)
Witness Gwyneth Paltrow's win this same year. What moron could look at that performance and even begin to compare it with the work that Bates does here? The deep criminality of the snub does not end with Bates.
Dolores Claiborne
was released in 1995.
Shakespeare In Love
was released in 1998, so Gwyneth Paltrow did not wrongly win her Oscar over Kathy Bates (though Paltrow did not deserve to win for 1998 either). The actress who won for 1995, the year Bates should have been nominated (and arguably should have won) for
Dolores Claiborne
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Dead Man Walking
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Knewsense78 — 16 years ago(October 01, 2009 01:10 PM)
Four pages of threads and not one negative response to the original posters post. Glad to see that everyone so far is on the same page and KNOWS that KATHY BATES did deserve an Oscar nomination for 'DOLORES CLAIBORNE' and she deserved to walk away with that Oscar too.
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alerasoul — 15 years ago(June 22, 2010 07:46 PM)
Damn straight, absolutely she deserved the Oscar. Definately moreso than Sarandon, imo. And even if not her, J. J. Leigh should've at least gotten a nod for supporting actress. This film is a pinnacle of what dramatic acting is.
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