The Mist
Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Andre Braugher
After a brutal thunderstorm pounds a small town, the residents discover a malevolent mist hangs over their homes, killing anyone who remains outside. Trapped in a grocery store, a band of survivors mu...( read more
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DVD Released: March 18, 2008
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June 9, 2009Ollie: We have to tell them. The people in the market. We have to stop them from going outside.
David Drayton: They won't believe us.
Ollie: They have to.
David Drayton: I'm not sure I believe it, and I was here. What we saw was impossible. You know that, don't you? What do we sa... ...( read more ) -
April 26, 2009Cracking, creepy monster effects and a brave ending can't quite blot out some patchy acting and some odd plot logic.
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April 11, 2009This movie does not really succeed as a political statement, or a drama, or even so much as a horror film despite its handful of solid scares. It is a resounding victory of a disaster film, however. The Mist effortlessly essays a theme that most of the genre's efforts turn a blin... ...( read more )
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March 23, 2009I'm glad Darabont steers clear from the kind of bloody mess of hack and slash so many of today's movies have succumbed to in favor of a more subdued, chilling film. While the CGI was bit ridiculous, and I wanted to fucking THROW A BRICK AT MARCIA GAY HARD ON (sorry too easy)...... ...( read more )
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July 3, 2009I was looking forward to this and wasn't too disappointed, but the ending completely ruined it for me. Read the short story instead.
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November 26, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
November 21, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The issues raised may make for some lively debate on the way home -- especially if it's foggy out. full review
November 21, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It is a competently made Horrible Things Pouncing on People Movie. If you think Frank Darabont has equaled the Shawshank and Green Mile full review
November 21, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
That bloated sense of purpose turns what could have been a nifty B-movie into a strained, two-hours-plus Twilight Zone episode, and, believe me, Darabont's no Rod Serling. full review
November 21, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
Film adaptations of King's work tend to be hit and miss, but with last summer's '1408' and now this scary-as-hell flick, he's on a roll. full review
November 20, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post
I'm scared of a lot of things. Cancer, Al Qaeda, teenagers. Land octopi aren't in my top 1000. full review
November 20, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Some scary movies can stand your hair on end. A few can make your skin crawl. The Mist gave me the feeling I was being scalped with an icicle. full review
November 19, 2007
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
The Mist is a supermarket of B-movie essentials, handsomely stocked with bad science, stupid behavior, chewable lines of dialogue, religious fruitcakes, and a fine display of monsters. full review
November 18, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Frank Darabont ditches the warm and fuzzies for out-and-out cynicism about mankind's capacity for goodness and altruism with The Mist. full review
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February 20, 2009I liked the movie but the ending sucked and made me hate the movie and whoever added that i like the other parts but it completely ruined the movie so it sucks GAY MOVIE
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November 17, 2008Like to know what King thought of the ending. Great film, but conflicted about the ending.
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August 26, 2008If anyone is looking the song at the very end of the show its, The Host of Seraphim by Dead Can Dance. If you have iTunes, it should be in iTunes store.
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July 15, 2008The film wasn't bad at all even if it was flawed, I believe all people have a dark side waiting to come out & nothing like panic or fear of the unknown would bring the monster out. The true monsters in this film are the people in the grocery store not the ones in the mist. The ending , however was completely uncalled for & lacked any kind of logic; why not wait in the car for as long as they can, why rush things?
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July 1, 2008It is appalling how many of the reviews are complete spoilers. Stop including the key details!
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April 17, 2008I do have to say that I was not a huge fan of this movie. It was alright, but there were things that could have been redone. The book is a lot better and I prefer that ending. This ending did nothing for me. As far as the "crazy lady" that was a huge idea of the story, she is meant to be hated, that's the point. I think if Stephen King had more of a hand in the making of this movie it would be better.
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April 14, 2008To me this is a typical Stephen King movie/book when the concept is basically a simple one and then it is hammered over and over again. These instant-characters who basically come out of a cartoon. I don't care about the special effects so that is not my complaint.
The characters go to the next door drugstore but can't get to the car that is visible from the store window? "Hey, who owns the 2004 Scion"??
The "heroes" go through what they do, only to allow themselves to be shot because they run out of gas? Then the tragic emergence of the Marines 5 minutes after the guy kills his son? C'mon. This seems like a f-you from Stephen King seeing what people will swallow.
Oh. I forgot to say, I hated this film.
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