This movie had an extremely interesting concept - unfortunately... after establishing the concept they fail to explore it at all. It is well made, acting is good, however the story feels empty and like it goes nowhere. When it finally felt like "okay this is where the real fun starts and where things will go off the rails..." the credits roll and it is over.
The expectation for Stephen King film is that this would turn into a horror film... or at the very least have some suspenseful moments and a climax that resolved the storyline.
However, we get a long build up and very little resolution it reward.
We don't see Mr. Harrigan "take care" of either of his victims. The viewer never feels the danger of anything. It is just a very lethargic film. Not bad, not good either. It just is... is it entertaining? In the sense that it keeps feeling like it is about to get entertaining... but never does
[Spoilers Ahead
A boy reads books to an old man, they become friends in a sense, the old man dies, the kid gets bullied and talks to the old man via his cellphone to vent (although the old man is dead), the bully dies. The kid graduates high school and goes away to college. The teacher that was kind to him in high school gets killed by a drunk driver. The drunk driver gets away with it. The boy talks to the old man on his cellphone. The drunk driver dies. The boy cries. Visits the old man's grave and had a heartfelt one way conversation. Throws the phone into a quarry lake. Credits.
You are just left going "why was this movie made? What was the point of making a full length movie out of a 5 minute concept?"
The expectation for Stephen King film is that this would turn into a horror film... or at the very least have some suspenseful moments and a climax that resolved the storyline.
However, we get a long build up and very little resolution it reward.
We don't see Mr. Harrigan "take care" of either of his victims. The viewer never feels the danger of anything. It is just a very lethargic film. Not bad, not good either. It just is... is it entertaining? In the sense that it keeps feeling like it is about to get entertaining... but never does
[Spoilers Ahead
A boy reads books to an old man, they become friends in a sense, the old man dies, the kid gets bullied and talks to the old man via his cellphone to vent (although the old man is dead), the bully dies. The kid graduates high school and goes away to college. The teacher that was kind to him in high school gets killed by a drunk driver. The drunk driver gets away with it. The boy talks to the old man on his cellphone. The drunk driver dies. The boy cries. Visits the old man's grave and had a heartfelt one way conversation. Throws the phone into a quarry lake. Credits.
You are just left going "why was this movie made? What was the point of making a full length movie out of a 5 minute concept?"