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Summary: Stephen Richardian Bach
Review: Thinner is one of those extreme short novels by Richard Bachman, a.k.a. Stephen King. The film is well done, faithful and definitely full of rhythm, even if the format (length) makes the chase a little bit short. It reveals how perverted our society is. A judge, a lawyer and a chief of police conspiring to save the skin of the lawyer in a road accident where he was entirely responsible and under the influence of the alcohol and overeating of a celebration. But there is a moral in this society, even if it comes from the gypsies, one of the ethnic groups that is most severely and racistly rejected. And this justice if a justice of curses and God. When a rejected group is the victim of an injustice, God, even if it is a sombre and unidentified God, gives them the power to impose their justice through curses that reveal the real nature of the good local notabilities of the city, society. The lawyer will die by losing weight, the judge will become a scaly lizard and the chief of police with just rot away and finally shoot himself. They die by the very attribute of their professions: the lawyer fattens on the crimes of society, the judge is basking in the sun of his power to pronounce life or death sentences unchallenged, even if he needs a jury from time to time, and the police chief can do what he wants because he has the absolute power of firearms in his hands. But the film reveals,like the novel, the cynical ugliness of a wife who causes the death of the old gypsy woman for the satisfaction of her personal sexual pleasure, the famous Clinton's cigar, a long time before any White House caper on the subject. When she finds out that she can no longer dominate her husband, she will just cast him away with the help of the family doctor, her lover, into an asylum, called clinic. Nice middle class family morality. But the end is even more gruesome. The lawyer will try to revert the curse, and will succeed with the help of the maffia, quite natural fiends, but he will kill his wife and kill his daughter with the same stone. Bachman, as opposed to King, will push the gruesomeness to the end of its craziness and kill the lawyer, a suicide this time, and the family doctor, a real vengeance this time, as the punch line. Gypsy justice is definitely pungent and tasteful. We would like that kind of justice to be just a little bit more present in our life to get rid of all the hypocritical bigots that govern us. Jacques COULARDEAU Universities of Paris IX and II
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Summary: Another Great King Tale!
Review: This is a super story with a great lesson behind it (which most of King's stories have if you really notice them). "Be careful what you wish for" and "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all!"
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Summary: Delicously creepy movie!
Review: This is one of king's best horror flicks! It's scary and also in some parts, funny. But it is mostly scary. It's about this lawyer that accidently hits an old gypsy lady and her husband puts a curse on him to make him thin and he does. He doesn't know why he is getting thinner and so doesn't his wife or daughter. He seems to be enjoying it, until he realises that his weight loss is out of control and it isn't due to a diet, it is due to the curse, so he tries to beg the man to lift the curse and he doesn't. His wife and doctor don't believe him, so he gets back at his wife with a poisened pie. I don't wanna tell anymore, you will just have to watch it and see it for yourself. Buy it!
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Summary: good
Review: this movie is good but lacks an even performance by the actors. you don't get to know the supporting characters that well during the movie.
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Summary: Movie OK, Book was much better
Review: This movie was OK, but the acting was rather poor. I would suggest that you read the book instead, it is great.
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Summary: Pretty Good Horror movie.
Review: This was a pretty good movie. Of course, I love Stephen king films. The only thing that didn't make sense about the movie is the way it ended, but besides that, it's a good film to own, Buy it!
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Summary: A Scary Movie!
Review: This was without question a frightening movie. After sucessfully defending a mafia cheiftain in court,an overweight lawyer runs over and kills an old gypsy woman. After the over- weight lawyer beats the charge in court,the woman's father puts a curse on the lawyer. He suddenly begins losing massive ammounts of weight. The lawyer goes from being robust to looking like a scarecrow. The makeup used in the transformation is outstanding. The lawyer starts looking for the band of gypsies to get the curse removed. The final solution is very original. This is a very unique movie. You will enjoy watching it very much. I still watch the reruns even today.
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Summary: Title & Film
Review: To me this was just one good movie. There is better movies but this one was just different in many ways. This movie kept you in it to see how thin he would get. I rate this film at 4.5
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Summary: Extremely one of a kind Unique story to tell.
Review: When a successful lawyer from Maine (Robert John Burke) accidently kills a old gypsy woman. Then her older father (Micheal Constantine) puts a curse on him by losing weight instantly but also dying slowly from the inside of his body, he can't stop until the curse is broken.Directed by Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child's Play, The Langoliers) made a terrific thriller (thanks to his own Screenplay with Micheal McDowell-Beetlejuice). This has excellent Make-Up effects by two time oscar-winner:Greg Cannom, which Highlight this film. Burke pulls off an amazing performance in this. Not seen by many people, which this a underrated cult classic. Based on a Novel by Richard Bachman (The Running Man), which is actually Stephen King. DVD's has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an strong Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD's has an behind the scenes feautrette and an commentary track by Director:Holland and Actor:Joe Mantegna-which is fun and entertaining to listen. This is a true winner. Grade:A.
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Summary: Thinner Heavy on Plot
Review: You might not expect it from a Stephen King novel but the film is realitivly tame by todays standards. The result is a thriller of the best kind. The characters are less-than-desirable and that makes things all the more fun to watch. Robert John Burke stars as a morally corrupt attorney who we can't help but empathizing with, after all most of us are carrying a few extra pounds but he's tipping the scales at 300 lbs. and shows no sign of stopping. That's until he hits an old gypsy woman with his car and finds himself the victim of her father's wrath. You see he's over a hundred years old (the gypsies father that is), though by the looks of the cancer growing on his nose he won't be around much longer. Burke and co. conspired to make the old woman's death look like an accident and thus free him of any and all charges he could face in court. After being touched by the gypsy he finds himself on the role of his life, or so he thinks. He drops pounds like there candy - which we get to see him cosume much of. Enter Joe Mantegna in his typical Mafia hitman role. The two fight back and thats when things get really good. In the end nobody's spared there just deserts (excuse the pun). The DVD offers and interesting if incomplete commentary track by it's director Todd Holland, of Larry Sanders fame, and costar Mantegna. The widescreen format keeps Burkes weight in proper perspective, instead of streching the screen like they do in those horrorendous pan and scan discs. And the 5.1 sound is very commendable. It's a Halloween treat that I've grown to appreicate more each year 'round this time.
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