Dreamcatcher

Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee

Friends on a camping trip discover that the town they're vacationing in, is being plagued in an unusual fashion by parasitic aliens from outer space.

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R, 134 min.

Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan

Released: March 21, 2003

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DVD Released: June 1, 2004

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  • June 12, 2009
    An odd mishmash of kind of interesting as well as rather stupid elements.

    Also, to quote Rober Ebert: "The movie [has] too many farts for a movie that keeps insisting, with mounting implausibility, that it is intended to be good."
  • March 20, 2009
    Holy shit, what happened? I mean this movie is trying to be ten different things at once. With the talent attached, I just can't imagine anyone thinking this was a good idea.
  • February 15, 2009
    Boring Bodysnatchers rehash. Maybe the book is better, but I doubt it.
  • December 30, 2008
    My favorite Stephen King movie. Creepy as hell, but I loved it.
  • September 15, 2008
    Err... not convinced.
  • July 4, 2009
    Vi un poco y terminé apagando el televisor...que malas actuaciones! y la historia no se queda atrás =S.

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April 22, 2003
David Edelstein, Slate

King is dreamily free-associating, which doesn't mean he's plumbing his unconscious in search of new nightmare archetypes; it means he's recycling bits of old horror and sci-fi flicks and even setups ... full review

March 21, 2003
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

A head-scratchingly silly B-movie, blending boyish sentiment and cheesy creature effects, that even Morgan Freeman can't save. full review

March 21, 2003
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

A likable disaster. full review

March 21, 2003
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

King deserves better. full review

March 21, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Dreamcatcher begins as the intriguing story of friends who share a telepathic gift, and ends as a monster movie of stunning awfulness. full review

March 20, 2003
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Everything here is so clumsily handled that the creepy sensation of dread that infuses the early moments is quickly washed away on a tide of space slime and wearying exposition. full review

March 20, 2003
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Though the tale, adapted from Stephen King's best-selling novel, starts out with an eerie sense of foreboding, Dreamcatcher fails to deliver thrills and chills. full review

March 19, 2003
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

As in King's derivative novel, the story is overstuffed with too many unnecessary (if occasionally cool) elements. full review

Comments


  • rbevanx
    April 26, 2008
    The worse film I have seen by a mile.
  • groaningbitch
    March 2, 2008
    the special feature in the dvd has steven king's private endorsement with his remarks upon it. the most attention-grappler would probably be the outter space creature sneaks out of man's butthole on the toilet which king actually takes pride in..king says that the most taboos of our own are mostly discovered inside the bathroom which is a part forbidden in the system of civilization..that sounds like something pseudo-intellectual...about my personal opinion, the restroom scene feels like some cheap b-grade oriental horror with a ridiculous whim. ABSOLUTELY CHEESY!!! actually lots of people in orient share an peculiar horror fancy that a hand reaches out from the toilet to tickle your butthole...now it appears even in steven king. besides jason lee is so quickly disposed in the flick..the alien possession narrative is just silly...what a mess.
  • ChimiChanga21
    February 19, 2008
    One of my favorites. Don't be scared... You figure it out at the end... It's really cool.
    GO DUDDITS!!!!
  • rootbeerlover94
    December 4, 2007
    hard to understand, yes. But once you do it becomes very interesting.
  • Aritosgold
    November 7, 2007
    This movie is hard to understand;;

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