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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsGood and creepy, The Mist comes from a Stephen King novella and is more the shape, size and quality of the recent “1408,” likewise taken from a King story, than anything in the persistently fashionable charnel house inhabited by the “Saw” and “Hostel” franchises.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThere's a grim modern parable to be read into the dangerous effects of the gospel-preaching local crazy lady Mrs. Carmody (brilliantly played by a hellfire Marcia Gay Harden) on a congregation of the fearful.
- 67Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle Post-IntelligencerThe scenes that really work are the ones that take place outside the supermarket, in the beginning and at the end of the film. In fact, the "Twilight Zone"-inspired ending nearly makes up for all that comes before.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenUnlike King, Darabont ends this story with a drop kick to the cerebellum, a change from the original that shocks the viewer and leave little doubt that Darabont thinks we're all headed to hell in a hand basket.
- 63USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigMore thought-provoking than frightening. Its stubbornly cynical attitude makes it worth watching, more than the monsters or the impenetrable mist (which looks spewed from a fog machine) engulfing a small town in Maine.
- 60The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneThe Mist is itself 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.
- 60Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterMore political allegory than horror movie.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenLess horrific than it is horribly didactic.
- 50VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangMuch nastier and less genteel than his best-known Stephen King adaptations ("The Shawshank Redemption," "The Green Mile"), Frank Darabont's screw-loose doomsday thriller works better as a gross-out B-movie than as a psychological portrait of mankind under siege, marred by one-note characterizations and a tone that veers wildly between snarky and hysterical.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceA lumbering and depressing movie.