I mean.. this is a really bad movie. I'm embarrassed for SLJ & JC.. I can't believe they'd release this.

There is nothing in this movie, trust me. If there is no star, I will give it.

What a terrible movie! The novel is at best what I call "junk food Stephen King", but there's a place in the world for junk food. Even a mediocre King novel is worth your time. But this film? No redeeming qualities whatsoever. Awful script, terrible cinematography, waste of three great actors (John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Stacey Keach), putrid CGI, well, you get the picture. Did anyone involved even open up the book, let alone read it? Avoid this movie like the plague.

When I read this book I constantly thought to myself, "This would make a very cool movie." But, before I saw the movie, I knew that for every Shining there is a Children of the Corn, and for every Misery there is a Cujo, or for every Shawshank there's a Lawnmower Man. So I had to approach the this film, of a King book I loved, with extreme caution. Why? Because I am not sure if it was even released theatrically and of course the reviews were almost ALL negative. But still, I thought maybe there would be something good about it, something redeeming that would make me enjoy it regardless of the bad reviews. After all, Stephen King wrote the screenplay and Cusack was an Executive Producer, so surely they aren't going to attach their names and hard work to something downright HORRIBLE. Well....THEY DID!!! This movie was bad on every conceivable level; writing, acting, special effects, editing and ESPECIALLY directing. It just SUCKED. There's no need to get into plot details or anything of that nature. The main point of this review is to warn you that if you watch this you will truly waste your precious time. Life isn't long enough to waste an hour an a half on this type of movie. Shame on all involved with this film for producing it. You all did a disservice, especially Mr. King, to the book by making it into THIS movie. As is so often listed in reviews, I only gave it a rating of 1 because they don't offer 0. This movie defines what a bad Stephen King film adaptation is. I would STRONGLY advise any and all against watching this movie.