Dreamcatcher (2003)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Lawrence Kasdan

Writers (WGA):

Stephen King (novel)
William Goldman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Four friends hung a dreamcatcher in their cabin. It's about to catch something it cannot stop.

Plot:

Friends on a camping trip discover that the town they're vacationing in, is being plagued in an unusual fashion by parasitic aliens from outer space.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Maine | Hunting | Blizzard | Hunting Trip

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Morgan Freeman	...	Col. Abraham Curtis
Thomas Jane	...	Henry
Jason Lee	...	Beaver
Damian Lewis	...	Jonesy
Timothy Olyphant	...	Pete
Tom Sizemore	...	Owen
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Duddits
Mikey Holekamp	...	Young Henry
Reece Thompson	...	Young Beaver
Giacomo Baessato	...	Young Jonesy
Joel Palmer	...	Young Pete
Andrew Robb	...	Young Duddits
Eric Keenleyside	...	Rick McCarthy
Rosemary Dunsmore	...	Roberta Cavell
Michael O'Neill	...	Gen. Matheson

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, gore and language.

Runtime:

136 min | USA:134 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:14 (theatrical rating) | Malaysia:18SG | Portugal:M/16 | USA:R (No. 39706) | Spain:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:18A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Greece:K-17

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Trivia:

An early deleted scene showed the boys with Josie, the mentally challenged girl they later rescue from the sewer drain.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the SUV flips, the headlights alternate between on and off between shots.

Quotes:

Colonel Curtis: [to Owen] Bucko, I think we're on the same page - pissin' in the same latrine.

Movie Connections:

References Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)

Soundtrack:

Mighty Mouse Theme

Too many genres mixed together.

The mix of horror, thriller, spectacular science fiction and realistic science-fiction is not balanced very well and makes it confusing to see what you are actually watching.

The movie is interesting in the beginning but after about an hour the movie goes wild and all of the sudden we get a whole different story and movie. I don't blame the directing, I blame the story. The movie also leaves more question than answers.

And what was Morgan Freeman doing in this? Don't be fooled people, his role is actually a fairly small one. Come to think of it, his role was an totally unnecessary one. Also Tom Sizemore seemed to be walking around in this movie without having any idea what he was doing.

The movie had quite some potential but the execution of it is sloppy. The movie also fails to get scary and tense, instead the scene's get more comical in a way. Even though the movie is about 135 minutes long, it still feels short and very rushed, probably because there are too many story lines going on at once. Also the ending was quite disappointing.

Certainly watchable because of the directing, cinematography, special effects and soundtrack but it's not a must see.

5/10