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The film tells the story of a mysterious man (Anthony Hopkins) who enlists the aid of a brilliant young boy (Anton Yelchin) to save his life. The two share a summer's adventures and come to love one another before the inevitable happens.
Hicks's film is magical, but its magic comes not from the inexplicable phenomena we most commonly associate with King, but from the charms of childhood.
September 28, 2001
Looking Closer
If good cinematographers are 'panning for gold' with their camera lens, Sobocinski has put his pan in the river and come back with a fortune.
December 06, 2004
Common Sense Media
Above average coming of age story.
December 24, 2010
Village Voice
The unblinking sympathy for kids struggling with evil and with the strange frequencies of prepubescent passion can, if your defenses are down, lay you out.
October 02, 2001
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Hicks' film is a beautiful trifle, a neat trick of light and sound to coax empathy
January 27, 2005
San Francisco Chronicle
Unabashedly sentimental, it's meant to touch our hearts in profound and important ways, but misses the mark by drawing too deeply from a pool of schmaltz.
What happened to the prodigious vitality of Scott Hicks (Shine): His third feature sugffers from the same stifling artistic treatment that his second did, and this one is based on stories by Stephen King!