Directed by:
Mick GarrisScreenplay:
Matt VenneCinematography:
Barry DonlevyComposer:
Nicholas PikeCast:
Pierce Brosnan, Melissa George, Annabeth Gish, Anika Noni Rose, Jason Priestley, William Schallert, Matt Frewer, Peter MacNeill, Julian Richings (more)VOD (1)
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Based on the award-winning bestselling novel by Stephen King, Bag of Bones is an unforgettable psychological thriller. Two-time Golden Globe Award nominee Pierce Brosnan (Die Another Day) stars as Mike Noonan, a novelist who suffers from writer's block after the death of his wife, Jo (Annabeth Gish, Pretty Little Liars). A dream inspires him to return to the couple's lakeside retreat hoping to find answers about his wife's sudden death- but he is plagued by ever-escalating nightmares and mysterious ghostly visitations from Sara Tidwell (Anika Noni Rose, Dreamgirls), a blues singer whose spirit lingers in the house. As the inhabitants of Dark Score Lake haunt him, Mike comes to realize that his late wife still has something to tell him. Jason Priestly (Beverly Hills, 90210), Melissa George (30 Days Of Night) and William Schallert, (True Blood) also star in this haunting thriller. (official distributor synopsis)
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"Bag of Bones" is one of my favorite King works. When reading it, I thought King was a genius because I wished I could write something like that. I had a similar feeling only with "The Dark Tower." I loved the film version, and Pierce was a great choice. I felt like I was reading the novel again. For a TV film, it's surprisingly not boring in the scary moments. It's stretched out, yes, but not unbearably so.
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Miserable. Garris’s direction is at best average. The screenplay lacks the best bits in the book and overall it doesn’t make sense. The first half basically says nothing, has no momentum and events just happen. No suspense, no expectations. The casting didn’t work. I like Brosnan, but he isn’t right for this and it’s not that he can’t cast off the Bond jacket. On the contrary, his Noonan is bland and there’s nothing worse than a bland main protagonist. The exaggerated dramatization of some scenes is almost comical. Surprisingly, the only decently made parts are the flashbacks, which seemed to me to be the weaker parts of the book. Oh, and the way they rammed in modern technology almost everywhere got on my nerves. An iPad playing an old black and white video... product placement or an attempt to be hip?
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