Ouch...Stereotypes at their worst

Rating: 6/10 (28 April 2008)

The actors in this movie were pretty good at making their characters feel "real" and gave some very good performances. Unfortunately, the characters are ridiculously stereotypical and one-dimensional. By the end, the movie comes off as a badly crafted piece of propaganda where the director attacks every social group he doesn't like in the most unsubtle way possible. Its obvious Stephen King is from the "baby-boomer" generation, since this movie so represents the thinking of that generation. Christians (surprise surprise) are stereotyped the most in this movie. If you can't stand anti-Christian propaganda I suggest you skip this one.
After a thrilling 30 minute start, the movie soon devolves into a bad commentary on the values of evangelical Christians versus the values of secular people. The movie constantly perpetuates the idea that people believe in God because they are anti-intellectual and afraid of death. Actually, a true intellectual will believe in God because it is completely reasonable and logical to do so. There are more logical proofs for the existence God than against it.
That having been said, I did find the movie to be fairly scary and suspenseful. If you can ignore the obvious agenda of the writer and/or director, then it is actually quite entertaining.