Dreamcatcher (Widescreen Edition) | 
| Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Actors: Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Timothy Olyphant
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  319 reviews
Sales Rank: 9867
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 134 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 0.6
MPN: WARD24664D
ISBN: 0790778092
UPC: 085392466429
EAN: 9780790778099
ASIN: B0000AMRUM
Theatrical Release Date: March 21, 2003
Release Date: June 1, 2004
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BASED ON THE NOVEL BY STEPHEN KING. FIVE BEST FRIENDS TAKE A RELAXING TRIP TRIP UP TO A CABIN THEY'VE ALL BEEN TO MANY TIMES. HOWEVER, EVIL SLIPS IN ON THEIR TRIP AND THE ONLY THING THEY CAN DO IS TRACK DOWN AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE WHO HAS MYSTERIOUS POWERS.
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Regardless of its critical roasting, Dreamcatcher is a must-see for Stephen King fans. In adapting King's epic novel (itself an amalgam of familiar King plotlines), director Lawrence Kasdan and cowriter William Goldman sacrificed much of the character depth that gave the story its crucial humanity, resulting in a tame frightfest about four longtime friends (Damian Lewis, Jason Lee, Thomas Jane, Timothy Olyphant) whose past--and a shared gift of telepathy--connects them to a present-day alien invasion in the snowy forests of Maine. Like an ambitious episode of The X-Files, this slick production offers slimy "weasels" that gestate in human bowels; ominous aliens who seize control of bodies and minds; a secret military strike (led by Morgan Freeman) against the invaders; and enough gross-out humor to satisfy jaded horror buffs. Unfortunately, it just isn't scary. Despite its A-list advantages, Dreamcatcher works best as a glorified B-movie, likely to benefit from lowered expectations. --Jeff Shannon
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 Dreamcatcher (Widescreen Edition) (2003)-Sci-fi's first ugly look behind the bathroom door! June 18, 2009
Keith Mirenberg (www.spaceanimations.org)
Dream Catcher (Widescreen Edition) (2003) could have been a good sci-fi experience for me but our first glimpse behind the bathroom door was just too unsightly, even for a die hard Steven King fan like me. As such, I can not rate this film at higher than 2 stars. If this visually explicit scene could have been eliminated I am sure I would have liked this film and rated it at least 3 to 4 stars.
It was enough to demonstrate that the creature gestated in the digestive tract of its host by the difficulty the victim had with eating and the resulting rude noises. The audience didn't need the very explicit lesson in Digestive Diseases. That scene aside, there was much I liked about the remainder of this movie. Pardon me for my sensibilities. I am still a Steven King fan but feel he should have stopped short at the Bathroom door since crossing that ugly threshold added nothing essential to the film.
 Stephen King is King March 26, 2009
C. M. Nelson (Detroit, MI USA)
Stephen King is the BEST!. I have read almost all of his books, and shorts. I have seen all of his movies. If you do not have a creative imagination, you won't understand his writing style. Hail to the KING!!!
 Aliens From Ur-Anus March 2, 2009
Stanley Runk (Camp North Pines)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As we all know, screen adaptions of Stephen King's books usually tend to stray from their source or just omit things entirely. Taking on Dreamcatcher is rather ambitious because it attempts to cram an 800+ page novel into a movie just over two hours. Not to mention that so much of the book takes place in people's thoughts and minds.
King's Dreamcatcher was an interesting take on the old alien invasion story, but with a little Stand By Me thrown into the mix. It wasn't King's best book, but it was a very good one. It involves four men, who as kids befriended a boy with Down Syndrome. As a result of their friendship with the boy, Duddits, he passes on his telepathic powers to his four new friends, creating a bond that lasts a lifetime. This bond comes into play when the four guys are on their annual hunting trip and they find themselves in the middle of an alien invasion. The invasion is only part of them problem coz the evil military is keeping the area under a quarantine and plans to kill off all those infected by the aliens(in the form of a red fungus called "Ripley Fungus"). Some folks are infected with eel-like alien parasites that incubate in their bellies and give them some rancid farts(kinda like some friends of mine) The military destroys the invaders early on, but one alien has taken possession of one of the protagonists and has a plan to infect the water supply.
Dreamcatcher wasn't a bad movie, but it might have fared better as a miniseries. Most of the important plot points from the book are in the movie, but in order to fit them all in, the movie moves at a fast pace, leaving little time for much character development. Once we get to the last act of the movie, Stephen King is pretty much given the boot and the screenwriters take control. This bugged me coz everything seemed rather accurate up to that point. Oh well.
The casting was okay. In the book, Henry is supposed to be more of a skinny, nerdy type, and Thomas Jayne just doesn't seem too much like a psychologist. Tom Sizemore was a great choice for Underhill as was Jason lee for Beaver. Morgan Freeman is the crazy Colonel leading the quarantine, but he seems a little more mellow and toned down than his character was supposed to be. It probably would have been much better to get an actor who had Down Syndrome to play Duddits rather than Donnie Wahlberg. I mean, come on!
The movie wasn't too bad. Not great or nearly as good as it could have been, but a harmless time killer. It's not nearly as bad as many reviews make it out to be.
Just your average flesh eating aliens slugs infection/ August 19, 2008
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
We have this a special men in black team led by Morgan Freeman
( not God or the President this time out?),
and four telepathic friends of a "retard"...
All taking place in a forest hunting retreat
where the aliens had the misfortune to crash.
The government policy is nothing gets out of the zone alive.
One of the fellows ( Jonesie) gets taken over by a gray man's
mind control, but not completely.
This battle is a horrible one of a Stephen King type...
 Better Than Expected June 17, 2008
Steven D. Hanks (Ohio, USA)
This film is much better than most of the reviews claim. I do not know when it became "cool" to hate Stephen King's work, but that is the sense that I get from the negative reviews. This film is a nice spin on the "alien invasion" theme. Pay attention and don't get too lost in the "visual metaphors" that run through the film. Any true fan of sci-fi will enjoy this film. Recommended!
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