A mess

Rating: 4/10 (4 October 2007)

The only word that comes to mind to describe this film is a mess.
Generally, I love John Cusack in just about everything he's done... But in my opinion, this was his worst acting job ever... And maybe it wasn't all his fault since the film itself was all over the place. I don't know how close this film followed King's short story, but it's as though the story tellers would have one idea, begin to follow it, then suddenly yell out, "Hey, let's take this story in this strange direction by having John's character waving at himself through the window." Nothing that happened would follow through with itself, if that's the best way to put it, and the film was not scary in the least. The only remotely scary part of the film was Samuel L. Jackson's scene in his office persuading Cusack not to stay in the room.
I was looking forward to a good scare... but alas, this movie failed.