Overlong dribble with a satisfying ending

Rating: 5/10 (16 March 2008)

How could the great Frank "Shawshank Redemption" Darabont have directed this kind of a crap-o-rama is something I cannot understand...
This movie is long, as are all Darabont's movies, but with a plot this silly I found this movie too long and - sadly I have to say - boring and annoying.
I was seriously annoyed around the 1h 30min mark and thought about not finishing the movie, which is something very uncommon for me, but fortunately the movie got a bit better after that. Mrs. Carmody got what was coming to her, which was nice. The ending was grim - though not that unexpected.
I would have to say this was a pretty big disappointment. There were some parts I enjoyed but on a whole I can't really say that I liked the movie particularly much. 5 out of 10.