So, there are other reviews here that do a better job critiquing this train wreck than I can, but there are a couple of points no one else has/will make, so I have to...
For starters, every person of authority in this film - the head of DSI; the teachers; the principal; cops; literally everyone except for the prey (i.e. The two "main characters") - is either black and/or a woman. Then, there is one scene where Charlie accidentally kills a stray cat. When they bury it, they say a prayer in the hopes that "she, or he, or they" find peace. Really? A freaking CAT is now non-binary? If you are looking for a movie to check boxes, you are going to love this.
If you want a movie that is entertaining, interesting, engaging or just plain not boring... (not that I would recommend any Stephen King work in this post 2016 era but... ) go watch the original with Drew Barrymore.
Finally - and I feel like a broken record but - why can hollywood not light a freaking scene to save their lives!? In the school, they literally show the ceilings and the fluorescent lights, but not a single one is lit! Everywhere else, on the rare occasion when there are lights in use, they might as well be nightlights for all the illumination that they give. Not to mention the fact that many scenes are back lit by bright outdoor lighting, with no fill lighting whatsoever, so the actors faces are completely in the dark. In one scene, the father is in his practice with a patient he is "hypnotizing" to get over smoking. Not a single light is on in the entire office. The only light is what little bit is streaming in from the front windows. I just wish someone would send a box of lightbulbs to hollywood. But then again, maybe if they'd put out better movies, they could afford lighting...
I knew this was going to be bad, but I gave it a chance. It wasn't AS bad as I expected, but it wasn't good by any stretch of the imagination.
For starters, every person of authority in this film - the head of DSI; the teachers; the principal; cops; literally everyone except for the prey (i.e. The two "main characters") - is either black and/or a woman. Then, there is one scene where Charlie accidentally kills a stray cat. When they bury it, they say a prayer in the hopes that "she, or he, or they" find peace. Really? A freaking CAT is now non-binary? If you are looking for a movie to check boxes, you are going to love this.
If you want a movie that is entertaining, interesting, engaging or just plain not boring... (not that I would recommend any Stephen King work in this post 2016 era but... ) go watch the original with Drew Barrymore.
Finally - and I feel like a broken record but - why can hollywood not light a freaking scene to save their lives!? In the school, they literally show the ceilings and the fluorescent lights, but not a single one is lit! Everywhere else, on the rare occasion when there are lights in use, they might as well be nightlights for all the illumination that they give. Not to mention the fact that many scenes are back lit by bright outdoor lighting, with no fill lighting whatsoever, so the actors faces are completely in the dark. In one scene, the father is in his practice with a patient he is "hypnotizing" to get over smoking. Not a single light is on in the entire office. The only light is what little bit is streaming in from the front windows. I just wish someone would send a box of lightbulbs to hollywood. But then again, maybe if they'd put out better movies, they could afford lighting...
I knew this was going to be bad, but I gave it a chance. It wasn't AS bad as I expected, but it wasn't good by any stretch of the imagination.