Needful Things Reviews
October 4, 2019
This is pulp moviemaking at its worst.
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| Original Score: 1/4
May 6, 2019
A devilishly fun and mysterious mix of the supernatural and personal stories of drama, crime, and all sorts of small town issues.
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| Original Score: 4/5
April 17, 2018
One of those far too rare Stephen King movies you can sit through without feeling as if you've been condemned to purgatory for a couple of hours.
July 6, 2010
By the end of the film, I couldn't have cared less if the town's entire population had been dragged down to Lucifer's fiery abode.
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| Original Score: 2/5
October 7, 2005
Original Score: 0/5
July 31, 2005
Original Score: 2/5
July 22, 2005
Original Score: 0/5
June 11, 2004
Original Score: 2/5
April 16, 2004
Original Score: 2/5
March 9, 2004
Overlong, over-produced Stephen King byproduct. Forget it along with Firestarter, In the Mouth of Madness, Maximum Overdrive, and all the others.
Original Score: 1/5
January 29, 2004
Original Score: 2/5
May 18, 2003
Max von Sydow has some good lines, but he delivers them in an utter vacuum.
Original Score: 1/5
April 1, 2003
I needed to get out of this thing long before the insipid finale.
Original Score: 0/5
March 23, 2003
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| Original Score: 2/4
February 1, 2003
Save your soul for something more important.
Original Score: 63/100
September 17, 2002
One of Stephen King's better film adaptations
Original Score: 3/5
July 26, 2002
Original Score: 3/5
July 25, 2002
A fine adaptation of one of Stephen King's best novels, it almost manages to surpass the book solely on the strength of Von Sydow's glowering villainy.
Original Score: 3/5
January 1, 2000
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| Original Score: 2/4
January 1, 2000
Pop Needful Things into your player with no particular expectations and you might find it a worthwhile distraction.
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| Original Score: 4/5