The Mist-ake

Rating: 2/10 (2 December 2007)

I'm giving this one two stars, one for the CGI work done on a few of the monsters and one for the acting done by a couple of the actors. All of the other deducted stars are for bad editing, bad directing, and the numerous "done to death" clichéd scare tactics that dominated this film.
The sad fact here is that a great many of the actors in this film could not act act at all, while others acted well in certain scenes and then totally dropped the ball in others. The only actors who I felt remained consistent throughout were Marcia Gay Harden as Mrs. Carmody and Toby Jones as Ollie.
It is obvious to me that most of the budget for this movie went toward the CGI effects, while the editing and casting staff were on a tight budget. The CGI, though good in a few places, looked very, very silly in others (the spiders would have been better used in a Harry Potter movie and the thunderstorm at the start of the movie was so very obviously computer generated that I groaned inwardly).
This film is bumpy and inconsistent and downright silly in some places. (In fact, the crowd I watched this with in the theater actually laughed out loud during a few scenes that were supposed to be scary).
I'm a big fan of both Stephen King and of certain other films based on his work. And I loved reading this story and own the book. But the movie version is very disappointing and I tried very hard to give it a chance.