Riding the Bullet
Innovation Film Group (IFG) | Release Date: October 15, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2
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60
Film ThreatJeremy 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
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Falls short of its source. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck 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
40
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
Imagine a feature-length version of the "Large Marge" sequence from "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and you won't be too far off, only that was scarier. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The "Bullet" is an amusement-park roller coaster, and the title is a ham-fisted metaphor for facing your fears. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Both the anticipation factor and writer-director Mick Garris' slick adaptation fail to live up to the old hype. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
The movie is so glum and flat-footed there's no reason to care. Read full review
30
VarietyJustin Chang
A ponderous, incoherent horror mishmash that turns King's short story into utter nonsense. Read full review
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