Nicely done but too in love with the camera

Rating: 7/10 (10 July 2001)

I gave this film a 7 over all. I think it was very well filmed and acted, but perhaps that's my problem with it - there's the 'feeling' that you're watching something 'significant' but the aura it seems to generate seems out of line with the proportion and events of the story. But, then that's the magic of cinema, and it _did_ pull the wool over people's eyes (therefore the 9's and 10's in the poll).
I was especially impressed as I'm not a King fan (either on paper or any film/miniseries adaptations i've seen) and wasn't expecting much from this, but the narrative and characterisation are fairly strong (again, if out if sync with the film's "feel")