EarDelightBase Waste of Money.

RyothChatty ridiculous rating

Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

dworldeater Compared to Maximum Overdrive, Needful Things is great. This movie adaptation is far from great, but is watchable to say the least. I have never read the source material(the book), but it seems it would work better in that medium. Much of the narrative seems to be lost in translation from book to film, where more character development and layering of the story would have paid off better. Needful Things is inconsistent in tone and much off this stuff is out of place in a horror story and comes off aloof and silly. While the horror elements are there they are diluted to almost nothing in this very goofy and cheesy film. I would describe this as starting a band that is supposed to be a Goth band, with half of the band writing material that is in the vein of Kc And The Sunshine Band. The great Max Von Sydow is wasted here as Old Nick and could not save the film. Ed Harris was the best thing about the film and he gave a very good performance. The film from a technical perspective is pretty solid as the film looks good and the f/x are not terrible. Where director Frasier C Heston dropped the ball was tone, the film was not taken seriously enough and needed to be much darker for this to work. Needful Things is not a film anyone really needs. It is a very corny, quirky, disted film that fails as a horror story with very little tension or suspense and lacking in focus. Call it Stephen King lite.

Krzysztof Fiszer When I started to watch 'Needful Things' my thoughts were quite negative. I always have problems with Stephen King's novels, because their endings are often poor. The same thing happened with 'Needful Things' - the whole book was excellent, but the final encounter - in my opinion - was silly and quite stupid. So when I was watching this movie I was sure they won't be able to capture the essence of this story in only two hours, but they did. And in my opinion, they did it very well. They kept almost all of the characters, that bought something in Leland Gaunt's shop - and they chose the good ones. It was very good move for the plot, if they would put every customer it would be too much to follow. The customer's visions were very well captured. The final encounter is different than in the novel, but it's definitely better and simpler with good taste. The sound and camera work is great in whole movie. Music is wonderful and has great dark devilish accent. The casting people made very good job. The actors are perfect for their parts. Max von Sydow made excellent performance as main dark character and captured it's essence with real grace.For me this movie is very good adaptation of King's novel, probably the best one I will ever seen.

Armand one of the films who seduce for its cast. the story remains only a sketch useful for desire to read the book. film of Max von Sydow, it has the basic sin to be superficial. or a kind of run for say, in short form, a complex story about temptation and heavy sins. nothing wrong in essence but too strange for understand the force of original. a Stephen King has the gift to be interesting in each adaptation because the mark of writer is unique but the mark is only the first step. in this case, a sketch without great ambitions is not the best way for translate the powerful images from novel in a credible film. but, it is a film for the cast. Amanda Plummer and Max von Sydow are two strong arguments.

vincentlynch-moonoi So what would the devil actually be like? Fire and brimstone, horns and a tail and a pitchfork? Or would he appear to be a quiet and reserved gentleman of class? Would he foment world-wide cataclysms or hatred between neighbors? The premise of this film is that the devil would tinker with people's minds and set individual against individual...just enough to cause local havoc...and then move on to another town or city.This film doesn't get high marks, but I rather like it better than many of the Stephen King books translated into a film. And perhaps the primary reason is some superb and restrained acting, starting with Max von Sydow as Leland Gaunt -- The Devil. Von Sydow plays the role with classic subtlety, and it really works. Ed Harris does reasonably well as the sheriff who has to deal with the pandemonium that ensues; his best scene is at the climax of the film. Bonnie Bedelia does satisfactorily as his romantic interest. Amanda Plummer steals practically every scene she's in as the shy and fragile Nettie Cobb. J. T. Walsh does nicely as the town blowhard.While not the best of Stephen King films, this is darned good, and in my view, vastly underestimated. Recommended.