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Stephen King's Bag of Bones: Season 1
  • Network: A&E
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 11, 2011
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
47 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critics What's this?

User Score
5.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  • Summary: A novelist (Pierce Brosnan) staying at the family summer house in Maine to complete his book is haunted not only by his wife's death but other inhabitants at Dark Score Lake in this adaptation of the Stephen King novel.
  • Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 20
  3. Negative: 6 out of 20
  1. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Dec 9, 2011
    91
    It's a genuinely chilling four-hour adaptation of the tireless horror-meister's 1998 bestseller.
  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Amy Amatangelo
    Dec 8, 2011
    58
    While the pace of the series definitely picks up in the second night, Bag of Bones doesn't pull off the scares of King's previous works such as Misery" or "The Shining" nor does it have the poignancy of his "The Shawshank Redemption."
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Dec 9, 2011
    37
    It starts slow, moves slowly and goes nowhere.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. RichFromTampa
    10
    Needs faster pacing for subplot (historical violence at lake). Shorter would have been better for drama. . Acting is excellent. "Shock" scenes are good. Just too slow, too drawn out.… Expand
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  2. NicolaD
    5
    I am a big SK fan, but this was still a waste of four hours of my life. This was one of his weaker plots to begin with and it has suffered more in this adaptation. I was hopeful because of a strong cast, but alas, it was pretty terrible I can't recommend you watch it.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes