Dreamcatcher
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35 out of 100

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4.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 62 Ratings

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  • Starring: Jason Lee, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane
  • Summary: Dreamcatcher, the film based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, tells of four young friends who perform a heroic act -- and are changed forever by the uncanny powers they gain in return. Years later the friends, now men, are on a hunting trip in the Maine woods when they are overtaken by a blizzard, a vicious storm in which something much more ominous moves… (Warner Bros.)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 38
  3. Negative: 16 out of 38
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    80
    I think you can say that almost everyone watching this will be spellbound, whether they're stupefied by its insanity, more conventionally compelled by the various horrors in store or a combination of both.
  2. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    50
    Then the aliens show up, chased by Morgan Freeman as a nut-job Army colonel, and the movie degenerates into a sorry, silly, gory, punishingly overlong creature feature.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    Dreamcatcher has no business being this bad.
  4. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    How could director Lawrence Kasdan and writer William Goldman be responsible for a film that goes so awesomely wrong?

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  1. Positive: 20 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 43
  3. Negative: 18 out of 43
  1. eadams51
    10
    As can be said about many movies, this one is not for everyone. Some films have a broad appeal, this one does not. I love it. As with all Steven King novels/adaptations, it shows what people are capable of (good and bad) by putting them in extreme (read unbelievable) situations. The people in this movie are flawed but noble and offer a good window to the soul. Suspend reality, and commit yourself to the people more than the plot and you can enjoy it as well.… Expand
  2. Tstai
    8
    Just watched this movie in 2011, special effects not all that bad. Suspenseful and eery while maintaining a solid storyline. Haven't read the book. Entertaining movie.… Expand
  3. AlexH.
    6
    Somehow, Stephen King movies never follow the book with the films endings compared to the books. Dreamcatcher isn't necessarily a bad movie, but it isn't a good one. As it lagged through the middle of the movie, I found myself waiting, starring at my computer screen, waiting for the movie to pick up where it first started.… Expand
  4. JacobB.
    0
    How did my favorite Steven King book turn into this crap, the ending was a slap in the face?

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