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Title: Brutalized the book
Review: This movie proves the thesis that Stephen King's books make terrible movies. Basically a retelling of the monster in the woods tale, the success of the book is in the complex and textured interweaving of five friends, all linked, all with extraordinary gifts. One is extraordinary; although the weakest in body and mind, he is the strongest in spirit. The movie misses all of this, and butcher's the ending. This is among King's masterworks, and the movie does it little justice. Morgan Freeman, usually a strong enough force to carry a script on his own shoulders, is wooden and stereotypic. It might take you longer, but I recommend that you spend a couple of days reading the book than trying to make sense of this hacked up and bland rendering.
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