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The Mist (2007)

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Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 140
Fresh: 103 | Rotten: 37

Frank Darabont's impressive camerawork and politically incisive script make The Mist a truly frightening experience.

57

Average Rating: 5.8/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 13

Frank Darabont's impressive camerawork and politically incisive script make The Mist a truly frightening experience.

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Average Rating: 3.3/5
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Movie Info

Frequent Stephen King collaborator Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption) teamed with the celebrated horror author once again for this tale of terror concerning a small town engulfed by a malevolent mist, based on a story originally published in King's 1985 horror anthology Skeleton Crew. When a thick fog descends upon a rural community and claims the lives of anyone unfortunate enough to be caught outside, a small band of survivors seeks refuge in a local grocery store. Now trapped in a

R, 2 hr. 5 min.

Horror

Frank Darabont

Mar 18, 2008

$25.5M

The Weinstein Company

Cast

All Critics (153) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (107) | Rotten (38) | DVD (18)

[This] grocery-store survival drama, dominated by Marcia Gay Harden as a shrill fundamentalist, serves as a crude but effective allegory for post-9/11 America.

January 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comments (2)
Chicago Reader
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It's a horror movie of real conviction. It deserves to be a hit.

December 1, 2007 Full Review Source: CNN.com | Comment
CNN.com
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A near-campy escapist thrill ride.

November 27, 2007 Comments (4)
Ebert & Roeper
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The Mist builds toward a climax so wrenching that I hesitate to recommend the film, but I think Darabont earns his vision.

November 26, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Magazine | Comment
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Even though it is mindless, at least until the provocative ending, The Mist manages to provide some decent old-school shocks.

November 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
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The Shawshank Redemption, was splendid; the second, The Green Mile, wasn't; and now The Mist continues the slide. I wouldn't say this is laugh-out-loud risible, but there are definitely moments.

November 23, 2007 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comments (2)
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The Mist has a lot of the elements to be one of the great horror films, but it never quite puts it all together. It's still very good, but a few missteps keep it from ever being more than that.

March 30, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | Comment
ComingSoon.net

The black-and-white version's stark contrasts give greater claustrophobic force to the fragility of civilization when ideology grows as deadly as any marauding beasts. Prepare also to be knocked cold and gut-kicked for good measure by its ending.

September 23, 2010 Full Review Source: Suite101.com | Comment
Suite101.com

The Mist paints [its] divides starkly -- perhaps a bit too much so -- but combined with its spooks and gore, it makes for effective, smart entertainment.

October 30, 2009 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | Comment
Window to the Movies

The Mist divides those who want cheap escapist thrills from those who like their horror with real heart, brains, and courage.

September 19, 2009 Full Review Source: Dread Central | Comment

A refreshing bummer

August 27, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
CinePassion

Acerta ao compreender a natureza do texto original, que empregava o terror como uma mera ferramenta para analisar o comportamento de seus personagens e os dilemas morais e religiosos que os impelem uns contra os outros.

August 29, 2008 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | Comment
Cinema em Cena

Fear reigns in so-so Stephen King monster flick.

July 17, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

Somewhere along the way, [director Frank] Darabont just got lost in the fog, and he never found his way out.

July 15, 2008 Full Review Source: ESplatter | Comments (3)
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Audience Reviews for The Mist

This was a good movie, tense and strong till the end. I am sorry but as a father of two kids the ending was just not appropriate in my eyes.

May 22, 2008
jmanard52

Super Reviewer

The Mist is a great horror movie another another great adaption that Frank Darabont has done on a Stephen King story, but they are not as great as his previous adaptions. The story follows a group of people hiding in a supermarket from a mist that has something hiding in it that may be the end of the world. The plot

August 17, 2011
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Brad Wright

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    1. Ollie: [Ollie just fired 2 shots] I killed her.
    2. David Drayton: Thank you Ollie.
    3. Ollie: I killed her. I wouldn't have done that if there had been any other way.
    4. David Drayton: That's why I said thank you.
    – Submitted by Lucas M (5 months ago)
    1. Mrs. Carmody: We have Judas in our midst!
    – Submitted by Lucas M (5 months ago)
    1. Mrs. Carmody: I'll tell you what. The day I need a friend like you, I'll just have myself a little squat and shit one out.
    – Submitted by Holli C (9 months ago)
    1. David Drayton: Sure there's no way I can talk you out of this?
    2. Brent Norton: David, there's nothing out there. Nothing in the mist.
    3. David Drayton: What if you're wrong?
    4. Brent Norton: Then, I guess... the joke will be on me afterall.
    – Submitted by Chris P (9 months ago)
    1. Mrs. Carmody: If you hit me again, if you dare, you'll be on your knees to me before this is through.
    – Submitted by Chris P (9 months ago)

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