1408 (2007)

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Forcing the audience to experience his terror with an almost first-hand immediacy, Cusack runs the emotional gamut ...

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07/07/08

2/5

Una buena idea y unos 20 minutos iniciales inquietantes y sugestivos se descarrilan rápidamente hacia la parafernalia y el exceso visual. Nada convence, excepto el esfuerzo de John Cusack por convencernos de que se lo ha tomado en serio.

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04/13/08

3.5/4

From the start, it builds to a point of unbearable tension and then rewards us with a payoff that is cleverly executed and genuinely terrifying.

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04/09/08

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I'm very hard to please when it comes to the horror genre, but pleased I am with 1408, a dread concoction from Stephen King, sharply committed to film by a clever screenplay, solid direction and terrific performances.

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11/30/07

6/10

The legitimately creepy exposition turns into relentlessly typical "haunted house" boilerplate.

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09/12/07

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Though not especially original, this is frightening and disturbing film and the effects take a while to wear off.

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09/08/07

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...one of the most gleefully loony things you'll see this year.

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09/04/07

2/5

You leave the film once again feeling that Stephen King is either not quite as good as his reputation or that most film-makers can't replicate the subtleties of his style.

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08/31/07

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1408 is the best King conversion since Misery.

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08/31/07

4/5

“No one lasts more than an hour,” goes the saying about the room. It’s probably how long your attention lasts too. But it’s one hell of an hour.

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08/31/07

3/5

John Cusack's edgy, likeable performance carries this paranormal chiller, based on a Stephen King story and highly reminiscent of his landmark shockfest The Shining.

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08/31/07

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Cusack, who is in almost every scene, is astutely cast: his sardonic persona gradually disintegrates as the room plays its malevolent tricks on him.

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08/31/07

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It all rather sidesteps the question of why reluctant manager Samuel L. Jackson fails to demand a written disclaimer from a guest insisting on a room that has seen 56 deaths, including drowning in chicken soup.

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08/31/07

4/5

Unpretentious and effective.

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08/31/07

3/5

Check in if you are a fan of Cusack or King.

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08/31/07

4/5

Even if by the closing act the movie has begun to feel a bit preposterous (enter the giant sea storm) and the resolution a bit saccharine, that’s a small price to pay for a movie that’s trying hard to reinvent horror the old-fashioned way.

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08/31/07

3/5

All good fun, but if horror films are meant to make you leap from your seat, this is an abject failure.

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08/31/07

3/5

Despite faltering with an overblown second half, and stealing no thunder from Kubrick's haunted hotel effort, 1408 remains one of the more accomplished King adaptations. A deliciously old-school surprise.

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08/31/07

3/5

A terrific performance from John Cusack as a cynic on a paranormal mission nudges this towards the higher end of King adaps. Eventually lets itself down, but not before shaking you up.

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