Dreamcatcher (2003)

Director:

Lawrence Kasdan

Writers (WGA):

Stephen King (novel)
William Goldman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Four friends hung a dreamcatcher in their cabin. It's about to catch something it cannot stop.

Plot:

Friends on a camping trip discover that the town they're vacationing in, is being plagued in an unusual fashion by parasitic aliens from outer space.

Plot Keywords:

Stephen King | Box Office Flop | Alien | Bio Hazard | Alien Contact

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Morgan Freeman	...	Col. Abraham Curtis
Thomas Jane	...	Henry
Jason Lee	...	Beaver
Damian Lewis	...	Jonesy
Timothy Olyphant	...	Pete
Tom Sizemore	...	Owen
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Duddits
Mikey Holekamp	...	Young Henry
Reece Thompson	...	Young Beaver
Giacomo Baessato	...	Young Jonesy
Joel Palmer	...	Young Pete
Andrew Robb	...	Young Duddits
Eric Keenleyside	...	Rick McCarthy
Rosemary Dunsmore	...	Roberta Cavell
Michael O'Neill	...	Gen. Matheson

Also Known As:

Attrapeur de rêves, L' (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, gore and language.

Runtime:

136 min | USA:134 min

Country:

USA | Canada | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Portugal:M/16 | Malaysia:18SG | USA:R (No. 39706) | Iceland:14 (theatrical rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:18A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Greece:K-17

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Trivia:

Thomas Jane did the film because his mother, a big Stephen King fan, told him to.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Henry shoots his diploma, the bullet goes through the glass and the diploma immediately below the word "University", but when they show the close-up of the diploma, the bullet hole is a good inch or more below Henry's name.

Quotes:

Barry Neiman: Carl's Jr. has this $6 burger, which really only costs $3.95 so you think you're getting some deal but the truth is, it may be the best franchise burger out there. I went there yesterday and ordered three. By golly, those suckers almost filled me up. Ah, when I got home, I still had to have a box of Eggos but that doesn't take away from Carl's achievement. I mean, here's a guy who's got to go through life as Carl Junior, right?
Dr. Henry Devlin: Barry?
Barry Neiman: Like he can never get out of the shadow of his dad, the original Carl, I guess.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'The Green Mile' (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Mighty Mouse Theme

So-so

Plot heavy--TOO heavy--horror sci-fi film about 4 friends (Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Timothy Olyphant, Damian Lewis) in the Maine woods squaring off against disgusting killer aliens and the Army led by Morgan Freeman and Tom Sizemore.

The film is well-directed by Lawrence Kasdan and well-acted (especially by Jane, Lewis and Olyphant) but there's too many plots going on and the movie rambles on for 135 minutes. I did sit through the whole thing, but I was never really involved or interested.

On the plus side, the special effects are great; the aliens are slimy and disgusting; the attack scenes are brutal (and bloody) and I LOVED the way Kasdan visualized Lewis' mind.

Still, the film has too many plots to handle and it's constantly loosing its focus. Not terrible or unwatchable, just disappointing.

I give it a 6.