Plastic bugs, CGI tentacles, and a crowd of people with no common sense whatsoever.

Rating: 7/10 (25 April 2008)

I've only written a couple of reviews on IMDb over the past few years, but I can't let this movie slide. I feel an obligation to warn people who appreciate good horror films to not see this movie.
First of all, most of the scenes would not have worked if the characters involved had had any common sense whatsoever. For instance, they constantly walk or stand still when they should be running. This happens over and over. I lost track of how many times I yelled, "get out of there, you idiot!" or "why are you just standing there!?" at the TV. I don't remember the last time a movie frustrated me so badly. I guarantee this movie will tick you off about every ten minutes throughout the long, aggravating 2 hours and 5 minutes.
And what will tick you off the most is the ending. The last few minutes take a disturbing and shocking turn for the sole purpose of being shocking and disturbing, completely disregarding what any normal people with any common sense would actually do. It's nothing but shock value and it will frustrate you to no end. It pretty much destroys what little chance this movie had at being at least a B rated horror flick and instead turns it into a depressing, aggravating waste of time.
I'm a Stephen King fan and I've read the original "The Mist". It's been a while, but I remember that it was creepy and that I liked it. However, the movie adaptation is a tremendous let down.