Needful Things Reviews

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Top Critic
Clifford Terry
Chicago Tribune
October 4, 2019
This is pulp moviemaking at its worst.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/4
C.H. Newell
Father Son Holy Gore
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.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Owen McNally
Hartford Courant
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.
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Steve Newton
Georgia Straight
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.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is
June 11, 2007
any movie that has the devil laughing to ave maria must be worth something
Original Score: 2.5/4
Michael Szymanski
International Press Academy
October 7, 2005
Original Score: 0/5
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
July 31, 2005
Original Score: 2/5
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
July 22, 2005
Original Score: 0/5
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion
June 11, 2004
Original Score: 2/5
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 16, 2004
Original Score: 2/5
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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
Spence D.
IGN Movies
January 29, 2004
Original Score: 2/5
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium
May 18, 2003
Max von Sydow has some good lines, but he delivers them in an utter vacuum.
Original Score: 1/5
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
April 1, 2003
I needed to get out of this thing long before the insipid finale.
Original Score: 0/5
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
March 23, 2003
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide
February 1, 2003
Save your soul for something more important.
Original Score: 63/100
Caffeinated Clint
Moviehole
September 17, 2002
One of Stephen King's better film adaptations
Original Score: 3/5
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
July 26, 2002
Original Score: 3/5
Chuck Rudolph
Matinee Magazine
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
Scott Renshaw
rec.arts.movies.reviews
January 1, 2000
Full Review | Original Score: 3/10
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