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Stephen King's The Mist

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Stephen King's The Mist (2007)

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Reviews Counted:137

Fresh:99

Rotten:38

Average Rating:6.5/10

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

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence, terror and gore, and language.

Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Nov 21, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $25,495,768

Synopsis: Frank Darabont (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE GREEN MILE) serves as director, writer, and producer of THE MIST, an adaptation of Stephen King's classic novella. After a vicious storm wreaks havoc... Frank Darabont (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE GREEN MILE) serves as director, writer, and producer of THE MIST, an adaptation of Stephen King's classic novella. After a vicious storm wreaks havoc in their small town in Maine, artist David Drayton (Thomas Jane) heads out to the town supermarket for some much-needed supplies with his young son, Billy (Nathan Gamble), and his neighbor, Norton (Andre Braugher), in tow. Their trip soon turns to terror when a menacing white mist settles in, leaving this group of locals and out-of-towners fighting for survival against an unknown, bloodthirsty enemy. When the local religious zealot (Marcia Gay Harden) begins to convince the group that the mist is punishment from God, Drayton and his cohorts realize that they may be trapped inside with an enemy just as dangerous as whatever is lurking outside. Tension runs high in this tale as the trapped group faces difficult moral decisions. Should they stay and wait out the terror, or make a break for it and risk suffering a terrible fate? Is the eerie mist the will of God, an experiment from the local military base gone awry, or, maybe, a freak natural disaster? Without modern conveniences and the normal conventions and rules to guide them, the group is easily swayed by the loudest opinion. Will they save themselves at the expense of each other, or work as a team to save everyone? There is a decent amount of blood and gore for horror fans, some deadpan humor and just a hint of politics thrown in for good measure. Thomas Jane is a stoic leading man, but Frances Sternhagen and Toby Jones are more fun as unlikely heroes. Laurie Holden, Alexa Davalos, Bill Sadler and Jeffrey Demunn also star in this creepy tale. [More]

Starring: Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Marcia Gay Harden, Andre Braugher

Starring: Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Marcia Gay Harden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, William Sadler

Director: Frank Darabont

Director: Frank Darabont
Screenwriter: Frank Darabont
Producer: Frank Darabont, Liz Glotzer
Composer: Mark Isham
Studio: Weinstein Company

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Aug 11, 2009

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Blu-ray Disc Features:

  • 2-Disc Set
  • Region 0

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby True HD 5.1 - English

Features:

  • 1. (In English/Not Rated) "Feature Commentary By Writer/Director Frank Darabont
  • 2. Deleted And Extended Scenes with Optional Commentary
  • 3. "A Conversation With Stephen King And Writer/Director Frank Darabont"
  • 4. When Darkness Came
  • 5. The Making Of The Mist
  • 6. Taming The Beast
  • 7. Shooting Scene 35
  • 8. Monsters Among Us
  • 9. A Look At Creature FX
  • 10. The Horros Of It All
  • 11. The Visual FX Of The Mist
  • 12. Drew Struzan: The Appreciation Of An Artist
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A great achievement in many ways, Darabont's biggest misstep is his final submission to the road more traveled.

Full Review Source: Projection Booth | comment Comment
03/24/08
Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

A horde of plus size nuclear bugs stops by to shoplift and chow down on some take-out humans, favoring their homo sapien dinner fare feisty and playing hard to get, and never bothering to stop at the cash register.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
03/23/08
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

the ending is black but the film is great

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment 1 Comment
03/11/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

Whereas King's short story ends ambiguously, Darabont has fashioned a denouement that just may be the most nihilistic I have ever witnessed in a film.

Full Review Source: Colorado Springs Gazette | comment Comment
02/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
Colorado Springs Gazette

With all due respect to Stephen King and Frank Darabond, military experiments as a cause for science fictioned creatures is yawningly unoriginal. But go see The Mist, just for Marcia Gay Harden's amazing, chillingly accurate portrayal

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment 8 Comments
02/02/08
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile

This is why I love post-apocalyptic movies...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
01/30/08
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Wow, TWO good movies based on Stephen King stories in the same year? You bet. As entertaining as 1408? Not quite.

Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
01/16/08
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

For the most part Darabont has adapted the work exactly as one would've hoped, though the last five minutes leave much to be desired

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
01/15/08
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

[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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 1 Comment
01/03/08
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader

"The Shawshank Redemption." "The Green Mile." And now "The Mist." Director Frank Darabon tells Stephen King stories that are memorable, shattering and moving. Darabont deftly translates King's words to the big screen.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
12/11/07
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

A necessary throwback, a movie focused on building character, atmosphere and chills rather than on being merely a gory gross-out.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
12/07/07
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

If the Academy voters are willing to consider horror fare, [Marcia Gay] Harden's performance in The Mist is worthy of a Best Supporting Actress nomination.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
12/04/07
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

...almost a humorless parody of Roger Corman at his worst...

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment 1 Comment
12/03/07
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

Steven King and Frank Darabont have had a good relationship over the years.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Insiders | comment Comment
12/01/07
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Entertainment Insiders

It's a horror movie of real conviction. It deserves to be a hit.

Full Review Source: CNN.com | comment Comment
12/01/07
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
CNN.com
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Startlingly bad...although a film whose concept could be described as "The Fog with Stephen King characters" really can't be called "startlingly" bad.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment 7 Comments
11/29/07
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

Because Darabont's not shooting for Oscar gold this time around, he's able to ease up on the pedal of self-importance and deliver an old-fashioned "B"- style genre flick.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
11/28/07
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

You get what you paid for -- assuming what you paid for is seeing a solid B-list cast being eaten by a variety of icky monsters lurking in the titular mist.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment 1 Comment
11/28/07
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

A near-campy escapist thrill ride.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment 4 Comments
11/27/07
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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Darabont slowly cranks up the tension, patiently stringing us along as the trapped characters come to understand the extent of their predicament and the dawning realization of their impending doom.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
11/27/07
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
 
 
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