I'm going to let you know right off the bat, the less you know about this TV movie, the better, you might want to stop reading this review now. I first viewed it without knowing anything about it, and I was better for it. I was 11yrs the first time shortly after it aired, and back then, the effects were considered pretty decent for a television film at the time, some of them are laughably bad now, but in a way, this adds to the entertainment value. The movie spellbound me as a child, and I have watched it upwards of 9x's since then, not once have I been bored by it, though I cannot guarantee most people will feel the same, in fact, I doubt that they will.Some of the acting in this is terrible, and no I am not talking about Bronson Pinchot, in fact, he is quite pitch perfect, over-the- top scenery chewing, scene stealer that actually elevates the film. The rest of the acting ranges from good(David Morse, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Patricia Wettig, and Dean Stockwell) to downright terrible (Kate Maberly who was previously amazing in "The Secret Garden", Kimber Riddle, Christopher Collet), and just OK (Frankie Feisman, and everyone else, save one.), and then you have Bronson Pinchot, whom is in his own universe really, literally and figuratively. The premise to this whole mini-series, and the novella(I have read it twice), is both intriguing, and silly. Certainly time travel has never quite been present this way before, and it is very intriguing to watch it unfold. See how it effects each character, and surprisingly, this adaptation is almost completely faithful, save some minor details about characters. Practically all the scenes and dialog are in tact from the novella, but what make this adaptation a miss for some people, again, really comes down to the acting. It really takes this from being a serious movie, in to the realm of pure camp by the third act, but then it ends up being quite serious again for the last 40 minutes, you could say it is wildly inconsistent in tone, but given the material, it is consistent with it. If the acting was more consistent, and better people had been cast in the roles of Bethany and Albert especially, the movie would have been so much better. Casting Bronson Pinchot was a stroke of genius, and the film is largely carried on is tiny shoulders, every scene he is in is electric, and well, crazy. The character of Craig Toomy is intriguing because, well, he is a terrible person, and not because he was abused, and in his mind, still is, no it is because he chooses to treat others based on that abuse. This is a man whom has lost all touch with reality by this point, and most people whom are abused, unfortunately, tend to lose touch with some aspect of reality, but it's not out of your control(I speak from experience), what makes this story so interesting, is no matter how campy it is, it is a very well-done analysis on abuse and what happens when you do not deal with past traumas. Like all King stories, however, Toomy is not the only one dealing with past demons, the others just do a much better job of handling them.There is endless entertainment here, from the mystery aspects, to the camp aspects, to the time travel, to the langoliers themselves(as silly as the CGI looks now, I actually felt they were, stylistically anyway, accurate to the book), it is never a dull movie, unless you are off- put by the uneven acting, and cannot accept it as a camp classic.God Bless ~Amy

For some reason I was surprised to learn The Langoliers has almost 200 user reviews, which is quite a lot for a TV mini-series. There are those who hate this with a passion, but I really liked it. The novella by Stephen King was ideal, but the cast and crew put on a decent effort to make it their own.I still wonder what happened to the passengers who went missing, and the passengers who made it out alive in the airport. I didn't realize that Kate Maberly, who played the blind Dinah Bellman, is British. Mark Lindsay Chapman was supposed to play John Lennon in a biopic but because of his similar name with Mark Chapman, he was turned down.

I really liked this movie a lot. The story it's based on is excellent. While I enjoyed reading the story more, this movie is a very good adaptation of it. I've read some reviews where people don't like the acting. I think the acting is excellent. They absolutely expressed the characters as written. I know it's a long movie, but it pulls you in. Maybe some people don't like movies with a whole lot of dialog and little 'action'. It's a character study as well as a creepy story. I also like the way it was shot. The close ups add to the sense of claustrophobia and dread. I know lots of people who love this movie, as well. I have no problem watching the entire thing in one sitting. I've seen it many times. Heck, I'm watching it right now. So, I'll finish this review and get back to the movie. I recommend this movie...if you have the attention span for it.

I love this movie so much! All of the sci-fi and mystery of it is exactly what I love in books and movies. In this feature, I first saw it on TV and then I read the book. The book is very good as well, but it gives out much more information, describes things in more detail, which in some ways is good, but for me, when it comes to the gore with Mr. Toomey, I would rather not know so much. So in that case, watching the movie is much more preferred than reading it in the book.I gave this movie a 9 because I love it so much, but I just have one problem with it. There was some especially terrible acting, mostly by Christopher Collet who played Albert Kaussner. In many instances, he would overact his lines, and/or his lines were just written very poorly for him. I think for the most part though, the other main characters did pretty well. Not the best acting, but it was good.