Riding the Bullet

Name: Riding the Bullet
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: October 15, 2004
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 37
Cast: Barbara Hershey, David Arquette, Jonathan Jackson

2004

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Innovation Film Group (IFG) | Release Date: October 15, 2004 | R

Starring: Barbara Hershey, David Arquette, Jonathan Jackson

Summary: A classic coming-of-age tale in which a young man must face his own mortality and the death of a loved one. (Motion Picture Corporation of America)

Director: Mick Garris

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 98 min

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Jeremy Knox

Garris wrote the screenplay himself and adds one significant improvement over the original short: changing the date of the story from 2001 to 1969. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Falls short of its source. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Both the anticipation factor and writer-director Mick Garris' slick adaptation fail to live up to the old hype. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

The "Bullet" is an amusement-park roller coaster, and the title is a ham-fisted metaphor for facing your fears. Read full review

Chuck Wilson

Writer-director Mick Garris has a real feeling for the horror master's melancholy worldview - love is loss - but he's too reverent toward the original story, the ending of which, both on the page and, now, on the screen, lands with an overly elegiac thud. Read full review

Justin Chang

A ponderous, incoherent horror mishmash that turns King's short story into utter nonsense. Read full review

Kevin Crust

The movie is so glum and flat-footed there's no reason to care. Read full review

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Tss5078

Feb 24, 2013

Let me start off by saying that I love Stephen King, he's given me hours of entertainment and for that I am grateful. I am also a big fan of the lead in this movie Jonathan Jackson. Together I was expecting a can't miss movie, but it didn't quite work out that way. Riding The Bullet is justLet me start off by saying that I love Stephen King, he's given me hours of entertainment and for that I am grateful. I am also a big fan of the lead in this movie Jonathan Jackson. Together I was expecting a can't miss movie, but it didn't quite work out that way. Riding The Bullet is just all around dull. The story was weak to begin with, the flashbacks were dull, the characters have 0 personality, and it just wasn't creepy in the slightest! If Disney made horror movies, they would be similar to this. I probably rated it higher than I should have because of my fondness for King and Jackson, but really this movie was a bore, don't waste your time.… Expand

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Meth-dude

Jan 23, 2018

While I haven't read Stephen King' s original story, I imagine that it can't be much worse than the movie. The acting was average at best, the movie didn't make any sense, it was boring and the ending has got to be one of the worst I've seen in a while. At least David Arquette was quiteWhile I haven't read Stephen King' s original story, I imagine that it can't be much worse than the movie. The acting was average at best, the movie didn't make any sense, it was boring and the ending has got to be one of the worst I've seen in a while. At least David Arquette was quite entertaining to watch.… Expand

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eva3si0n

May 28, 2022

Riding the Bullet is not the best thriller based on the novel by Stephen King. For the most part, the film is secondary, suspense in the film to a minimum, the story does not catch at all and the ending does not answer questions at all. Only ardent King fans can be advised to watch.

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