Review by kcitraro

Ok, so as you can see, I can very much relate to this movie. So much so that I waited to write this review. Some of the criticism I'm seeing was that it wasn't enough of a "Stephen King" that it was more of a coming of age movie. Do these same people know that he wrote "The green mile" also. Not everything he does is a horror flick. I wanted to give this a 10 but took into account how others received this movie since, for me, it hit so close to home.

I found the narrating subperb. It conveyed all the feelings of many of us who were bullied in school, had a teacher who meant the world to us, and had someone who took interest in us.

Mr Harigan was portrayed flawlessly by Sutherland. You can see and understand how he could scare the crap out of a kid! Yet portrayed the ever so slightly softer side so well as to see that he really hadn't softened. He trusted Craig and enjoyed his visits.

I thought I had read every Stephen King book but I missed this one. Watching this movie makes me want to read this short story asap.

As far as technical aspects they were good. Lighting especially good. Sound as well. Wardrobe was exactly timely with the preppy ambercrombie and finch type wear. I know because my son would be approximately same age as Craig when iPhones came out. Directing was great although the actors were very limited in this.

All in all, I enjoyed this movie greatly. Just don't expect gore. It's viewable by entire family which is good. It would make a great movie to see as a family. No gore, just some bizarre things that happen.

Great movie, give it a watch for yourself and see. I hope you enjoy as much as I did.