I have no appreciation for this kind of crap whatsoever.

My Movie Rating: 1 / 10

Having read the book, they sure could have used more flashbacks to develop the touching relationship between the boys and Duddits - and scrapped that silly ending. They needed more time, so I have to agree this shouldn't have been done as a cinema feature. Even as chopped as it stands it runs 2-1/4 hours. Reece Thompson is a delight, even though he is just the opposite in appearance to young Beaver as I envisioned him.

(In the book, I love Duddits's mom's assessment of the four boys who took the time to be her son's friends - "Angels with kind hearts and dirty mouths.")

My Movie Rating: 6 / 10

Not that bad. This movie is a bit weird and confused, but i like a lot Reese Thompson in it. That's just two bad there are only two flashbacks with the boys.

My Movie Rating: 6 / 10

I read the book prior to watching the movie and was somehow disappointed by the end. I didn't like the filmmakers idea of Duddits being an alien. The movie itself is still worth watching, as it has its good sequences. The story is very mysterious and exciting, at least at the beginning when you don't know what the hell is going to happen. The bathroom/shower scene is very good, poor old Beaver. It is a typical Stephen King movie, as many of his stories have these flashback-to-the-past patterns. Here it was nice, but lacked some kind of real emotional affiliation with the present. It could have been made better, no doubt. The boys are doing a good job, though to me they seemed to be too different from the book.

My Movie Rating: 6 / 10

Of course I read the book waaaay before the movie came out, and of course the book is always better:p. This is not a bad movie by any means, just very choppy as far as the story goes. Stephen King books translate better to TV movies rather than big screen motion pictures because his stories are filled with important details in fleshing out the characters. All in all this is a pretty decent horror movie.

My Movie Rating: 7 / 10