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Summary: far from faithful
Review: I love SK and most of his movie, but this was bad. The only faithfull scean is the fight with the two women with sharp butcher knives. Good cast, but the trasition from book to movie really needed more work. For some great SK adaptions see, Apt Pupil, Stand by Me, IT, MIsery, or just about anything other then this.
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Summary: If you read the book, don't bother with the movie
Review: I read Needful Things by Stephen King and when I was finished, I wanted to run right out and see the movie. I thought it would be as terrifying as the book. I was wrong. I do not think this would have been a bad movie had I not read the book, but since I did, I was very disappointed. A number of story lines and characters were left out. While the main plot was the same, none of the other details were. Skip the movie and read the book on this one.
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Summary: A fun movie to watch.
Review: In the first month of 2000. I saw the Director`s Cut of the film adding one hour of additonal footage, it had one character, we saw her in the 120 mins version needful things, but only briefly as Brain Rusk Mother played by Lisa Blount as Cora Rusk. Inculding a different opening, a car chased scene with Ed Harris and Max Von Sydow. For sure they cut a few gory scenes but is worth it waiting for a Widescreen Director`s Cut on DVD, also i wish, they add Audio Commentary, that will be great for a Stephen King Fan. Who Knows, they show it on television. I seen it on TBS SuperStation. That Version earn 4½ Stars Or maybe Five Stars, if i seen it again.
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Summary: NEEDFUL THINGS
Review: In the small town of Castle Rock,Maine a mysterious stranger opens a curio shop that seems to have something for everyone.Just one problem:The owner is actually the devil,and he only trades in souls.He turns the locals against each other,setting off a chain reaction of murder and mayhem that culminates in an explosive final between evil and the law.Viciously tongue in cheek.Rated R for strong violence and adult language.
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Summary: terrible
Review: It's unfortunate that one of the best fiction novels I've ever read became one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
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Summary: An okay movie hurt by a lousy DVD
Review: Like a great many of the DVDs MGM seems to be putting out, this is a fairly empty little disc. As far as special features you get a trailer and... that's it. Not even (at least, in the package I got) the standard insert with the names of the chapter breaks. Pathetic.The movie itself is... just okay. Max Von Sydow turns in a good performance as Leland Gaunt, the chilling shopkeeper who is more than he appears, Ed Harris is pretty much always good and makes for a good cop caught up in circumstances beyond his control. For about the first two-third of the movie, in fact, the story follows the book in a quite satisfying fashion. For about the first two-thirds. Hollywood seems so intent on changing the endings of Stephen King's books when they make them into movies, and I have yet to see an improvement. I am in the minority of people who hates Stanley Kubrick's version of "The Shining" because of how he takes a story about redemption and makes it bleak and hopeless. I have almost the opposite complaint here -- the filmmakers took an ending that was satisfyingly dark and made it uncharacteristically upbeat and chipper. It just didn't work. The movie is mildly entertaining, worth a rental if you're a King fan, certainly worth catching on cable -- but as for the DVD, I can't recommend it.
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Summary: Needful indeed
Review: Needful things is a great movie. I base movies on thier originality and you'll be hard pressed to find a movie even close to similar on this. A store called needful things.... All the old stuff that you've lost somehow and a place you can go to get one just like it.. How many times have we said "I'd do anything to get (whatever) back". Here's your answer. The movie takes a few to startup, but you begin to see what's going on and the trouble people get into because of thier needful crap. The movie ends in the longest scene of meyhem In a movie. But the soundtrack is worth the entertainment value.
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Summary: Needful indeed
Review: Needful things is a great movie. I base movies on thier originality and you'll be hard pressed to find a movie even close to similar on this. A store called needful things.... All the old stuff that you've lost somehow and a place you can go to get one just like it.. How many times have we said "I'd do anything to get (whatever) back". Here's your answer. The movie takes a few to startup, but you begin to see what's going on and the trouble people get into because of thier needful crap. The movie ends in the longest scene of meyhem In a movie. But the soundtrack is worth the entertainment value.
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Summary: fun beginning....cheesy ending
Review: One thing I've noticed about Stephen King is that he can have problems ending his stories. He's so good at building you up or drawing you in then it's like what's next, what's the point, what do I do with these people? This movie is not an exception. I found this story to be very fun not really scary. I don't know it may have been in 1993 but in 2004 it's funny. But I was very disappointed at the end. I'd say watch it it anyway especially if you're a Stephen King fan. It makes for a good night in anyway.
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Summary: Needing 2.5 stars
Review: Stephen King adaptations are strictly hit-or-miss propositions, and this supernatural thriller from 1993 is definitely a "miss," based on one of King's lesser novels and starring Max von Sydow as the evil proprietor of a small-town antique shop named "Needful Things." That's the place where anyone can go to find the one thing they cherish the most, but of course there's a price for such priceless keepsakes. Yep, that's right ... von Sydow is Satan, and his customers pay for "needful things" with their souls. The sheriff catches onto this hellish predicament, and, well ... let's just say things go downhill from there, with von Sydow delivering sardonic wisecracks as he wreaks devilish havoc on the town. Lots of stuff gets blown to bits, by which time this movie has long since worn out its welcome. Harris and von Sydow do their best to liven up the dreary scenario, but this is strictly for die-hard King fans, and even then the recommendation is marginal. Not one I'd recommend. It's bad, real bad, but funny. A good laugh is all that this provides, but then again most King adaptations usually end up bad. For good King movies check out The Shining, Carrie, Salem's Lot, and Pet Sematary.
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