Rating: 
Summary: Not a great film, but pretty decent and with cool f/x
Review: At least the alien creatures are interestingly conceptualized, designed, and sufficiently fierce.This movie takes more than a few narrative liberties with the source novel, but still manages to be worth a look. I caught it twice one weekend on pay cable, and it was creepy and interesting enough to sit through all the way. There are the standard "you gotta be kidding me" lapses in logic, mainly courteous of Stephen King's truly out-there mind (plus any contributions by screenwriter Goldman in his attempt to get the novel down to a manageable filming length). We've come to expect those from horror/sci-fi films based on nearly unfilmable King novels. But at the end of the day, the whole thing is watchable enough. Disregard all the one and two star reviews. This film is not the crap-fest that others make it out to be. It has production value, earnest actors, cool and creepy creature effects, and a story just interesting enough to keep you watching. Watch our for worms and weasels, though.
Rating: 
Summary: Ouch. And not in a good way
Review: I just couldn't let this one go without giving it the praise it richly deserves. I don't know whether to give "Dreamcatcher" one star or five stars. As a bad film, it's up there with the classic bad ones. It's one of those movies which is on cable repeatedly and becomes a guilty pleasure just to laugh at whenever it's on (I caught it on cable, and am glad I didn't slap down $9.50 just to walk out). First of all, the story's so haphazard and clumsily directed you just give up about a half-way into it. It ain't gonna get any better, and probably will get worse. And damn, does it get worse...One minute it's a psychological/mystical thriller about telepathy. Next minute it's horror schlock. And back and forth. Chock full of inappropriate & clumsy humorous notes which dissipate the suspense. Horrendously pseudo-hip and mock-military dialogue. One character gets taken over by the aliens and speaks with a British accent so we know it's the alien talking, and we're treated to some illuminating highschool freshman symbolism of his trapped personality looking through a window on the events. Nice. The scene where Jason Lee is sitting on a toilet with a "butt weasel" trapped beneath should be frightening, but is just ridiculous. That scene is symptomatic of the whole thing: it goes on too long and is somehow trying for laughs. In lieu of a suspenseful story we get ooze and slime and gore. And more ooze 'n slime 'n gore. Most viewers can see in a rough way how it'll end a thousand painful miles away. And poor Morgan Freeman--what's up with the fake eyebrows? He looks like R. Lee Ermey. It looks as if they couldn't get R. Lee for the role, so they stuck snowy Ermey-like eyebrows. (...)
Rating:
Summary: ........
Review: Please, if you have a brain do NOT buy this or rent this movie.
Save yourself $25 if you're gunna buy it or Save yourself $3 if you're gunna rent it....most of all you don't want to waste 2 and a half hours of your life when you can be doing more important things that watching this horrible movie. I haven't read the book, but this movie was bad, and I am sure the book isn't too good as well. Stephen King is known for making horrible movies, very cheesey and...just ugh...this one was the worst ever! It seemed like an interesting movie at first, then it just went downhill after the first 20 mins. I cannot even think of why Morgan Freeman would take on such a stupid script...and also Jason Lee, he's not that great of an actor..but I like him and now...I don't know anymore. It's horrible! The Aliens must have gotten to Stephen King's readers/watchers cause I don't know who in the their right mind would rent/buy/read/watch anything by that man.
Rating:
Summary: go see it!
Review: ok, so im not a fan of stephen king, books, movies, whatever. i like girlie movies, ya know, romantic comedies. i happened to watch this movie simply because there was nothing else on. once you get past the weirdness, and the blood and guts, its a really good movie. i loved the story line. a must see!
Rating:
Summary: MUCH wasted talent
Review: An very good book (so I'm told), an amazing director (Lawrence Kasdan of "Silverado", "Grand Canyon" and "The Big Chill") and an excellent cast should make for a good movie right??? Wrong. This movie was so bad it hurt. The storyline quickly became bizaree and impluasible, the effects were gory, but not interesting gory, and the direction was, well... The acting was fairly good, but they just didn't have anything to work with. DO NOT buy this. Don't even rent it (note that it had a very short-lived theatrical release). If it is on cable, find something else too watch.
Rating: 
Summary: Not quite the flop you are led to believe...
Review: I think this movie is getting an astoundingly bad rap on here. For what it's worth, this is one of the few movies that's been able to creep and/or gross me out in *years*. Don't think that it's a perfect movie; there are generous amounts of flaws and massive plot holes/unexplained events to aggravate me. Perhaps these questions are addressed in the book, but they are not in the movie or even the DVD extras. So then why would I still give "Dreamcatcher" a five (when it doesn't even explain it's title's origin in the movie)? Because, pure and simple, it's very entertaining. Edge-of-your seat, gross out aliens vs. humans. Actually it plays out as if you've come in on the middle of a bigger storyline, but you still have enough info to understand what's going on. And there is a generous amount of humor, mostly from trying to imagine what would possess King to write something quite that disgusting, or an enemy quite that odd (a giant lampery-alien with a pleasant British accent??)
For those that think the effects are bad, well, you obviously haven't seen the final sequence in The Mummy Returns, because *that* is poor graphics. These are just fine. As for the ending being "cliche", all you need to do is watch the original (alternate) ending, which doesn't include anybody transforming into another alien. The original ending is less splashy. Just watch the movie for what it is, entertainment value -- please. It really succeeds on that level.
Rating: 
Summary: Very disappointing
Review: I love horror films and tend to be extremely forgiving of even the worst schlock, but Dreamcatcher is truly a disappointment. Upon first viewing there were aspects of this film that I enjoyed, but the more I thought about it... the less any of it made sense. The plot is convoluted, the characters are wasted, and the alien fungus-monsters seem to have the psychic ability to create massive plot holes wherever they roam. Stephen King cannabalized half a dozen of his previous works to produce this self-plagiarism, and the movie adaptation is even worse. I have seen (and own) some of the worst movies ever made, and I enjoy them greatly -- but Dreamcatcher does not merit a second viewing... or a first, for that matter.
Rating:
Summary: Not as bad as the rating would tell you....
Review: I personally loved this movie. I have read a lot of the negative reviews and I don't know why more people didn't like this movie. It has good acting, a good story line, good special effects, and just plain good-save the world alien fun. I think that people are taking this movie too seriously. Relax, kick back with some popcorn, and take this movie for what it is worth, a "B" rated Sci-fi movie. Nothing more. I am giving this movie 5 stars just because I think it is just an all out good movie. For those who didn't like it, watch it again.
Rating:
Summary: Can I get back the time I wasted watching this movie?
Review: Oh, Steven King wrote this? Well he should stick to the made-for-TV miniseries genre. This movie sucked. I mean really sucked. My reasons: 1. No character motivation for about 2/3 of the many characters that they force us to watch. 2. Horribly clichéd ending with the dying friend turning into a giant alien, and the fate of the world resting on a worm that dramatically pauses before jumping into a sewer. 3. Poor visual effects. The particles were large and clumpy. The majority of the composites failed to match contrast levels. The explosions were horrible. I'm not even going into the design of the aliens... 4. "Ass weasels"
Rating:
Summary: Worst Movie Ever
Review: This was the worst movie I have ever seen in my life, and if I could, I would give it no stars. It even insults the average action/horror fan's intelligence or appreciation for some type of entertainment. I mean, this wasn't even engaging in any way, shape or form. Actually, I take that back, Donnie Wahlberg as a retard was pretty funny.
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