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- 2004
- R
- Innovation Film Group (IFG)
- 1 h 38 m
- 2004
- R
- Innovation Film Group (IFG)
- 1 h 38 m
Summary A classic coming-of-age tale in which a young man must face his own mortality and the death of a loved one. (Motion Picture Corporation of America)
Directed By: Mick Garris
Written By: Stephen King, Mick Garris
- 2004
- R
- Innovation Film Group (IFG)
- 1 h 38 m
- 2004
- R
- Innovation Film Group (IFG)
- 1 h 38 m
Riding the Bullet
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5.1
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Summary A classic coming-of-age tale in which a young man must face his own mortality and the death of a loved one. (Motion Picture Corporation of America)
Directed By: Mick Garris
Written By: Stephen King, Mick Garris
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
37
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
75% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Garris wrote the screenplay himself and adds one significant improvement over the original short: changing the date of the story from 2001 to 1969.
Falls short of its source.
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User Score
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Based on 14 User Ratings
5.1
21% Positive
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14% Negative
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Both the anticipation factor and writer-director Mick Garris' slick adaptation fail to live up to the old hype.
Imagine a feature-length version of the "Large Marge" sequence from "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and you won't be too far off, only that was scarier.
Writer-director Mick Garris has a real feeling for the horror master's melancholy worldview - love is loss - but he's too reverent toward the original story, the ending of which, both on the page and, now, on the screen, lands with an overly elegiac thud.
A ponderous, incoherent horror mishmash that turns King's short story into utter nonsense.
The movie is so glum and flat-footed there's no reason to care.
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
