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Stephen King's Thinner

5.2

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Original title

Stephen King's Thinner

Year

1996

Running time

92 min.

Country

United States

Director

Tom Holland

Screenwriter

Michael McDowell, Tom Holland. Novel: Stephen King

Cast

Music

Daniel Licht

Cinematography

Kees Van Oostrum

Producer

Paramount Pictures, Spelling Films

Genre

Horror. Thriller | Courtroom Drama / Lawyers

Movie Groups

Stephen King Adaptations

Synopsis

A fat Lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old gypsy man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the gypsy to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.

Critics' reviews

"'Stephen King's Thinner' has the outlines of Shakespearean tragedy and the intellectual content of a jack o'lantern."

Lawrence Van Gelder: The New York Times
"Never quite scary, never funny for long, never enough over-the-top. It's never compelling plotwise, either"

Matthew Gilbert: Boston Globe
"Thinner has its meaty moments, but overall, it's Stephen King lite. Less taste, less filling, less fun."

John Petrakis: Chicago Tribune
"There’s really nothing particularly fresh in this routinely crafted, banally scripted and directed effort. Mantegna’s humorously arrogant performance is the pic’s sole distinctive element"

Leonard Klady: Variety
"The problem with 'Thinner' (...) is that it's medium-level King. It lacks the gravity of 'Shawshank' and the crazed obsession of 'Misery.' It's more like 'Needful Things,' another good film of a lightweight story"

John Anderson: Los Angeles Times
"Apart from its rushed pacing and occasionally stale dialogue, 'Thinner' suffers even more from the fact that it has no redeemable characters."

Marc Savlov: Austin Chronicle

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Stephen King's Thinner

1996

Tom Holland

5.2

(2,686)