It doesn't get any better than this.

Rating: 10/10 (28 September 2001)

A masterpiece. The casting was inspired and whoever did it should be subject to a mass hug wherever they go.
The cinematography was perfectly suited to the movie and can therefore receive no higher praise.
The transition from a good if a little pulpy Stephen King story was of the highest order of merit, and, not properly rewarded by the academy.

But the highest praise must fall at the directors feet, and the performances teased out of this cast. At this point I run out of superlatives and stand humbled.
You may think I have been over effusive in my praise of this movie, but, I have not. It is that good and the Academy should be ashamed of itself.