Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

BA_Harrison Robert John Burke plays obese lawyer Billy Halleck, who accidentally runs down and kills an old gypsy woman with his car while he is receiving an on-the-move blow job from his wife. Successfully avoiding prosecution (thanks to his colluding pals, the local judge and police chief), Billy thinks his troubles are over, but they are only just beginning: Tadzu Lempke (Michael Constantine), father of the dead woman, uses gypsy magic to seek revenge, causing Billy to lose weight at an alarming rate.Fright Night director Tom Holland is the man behind this mid-'90s Stephen King adaptation, but having come straight from helming TV mini-series The Langoliers (also based on a King book), he gives his film the look and feel of a made-for-TV movie rather than a cinematic release, the director clearly struggling to make the transition back to the big-screen.It's not all bad news, though: the film breezes along at a reasonable pace, boasts decent make-up effects (courtesy of Greg Cannom), a little bit of gore (best being a neat 'hand with a hole' effect), and some welcome eye-candy in the form of sexy Kari Wuhrer as a gypsy temptress. While the film doesn't exactly rewrite the rules, there's never a boring moment and, much like Sam Raimi's similarly themed Drag Me To Hell, the film packs a neat twist at the end.

padawanmovies *contains spoiler possibly* Just found myself wanting to watch something new after working out... Saw this on a list of things that were leaving Netflix in May so I said "what the hey, let's give this a try" Although I haven't read the book the book I find the premise Fascinating & Frightening: grossly obese man cursed to becoming as thin as a skeleton. I'm not a horror/gore person but I thought this would have just enough to not completely gross me out(it did not minus that one scene in the car with that cute younger dude). I agree the acting was laughable as well as the fat suit. My biggest critique is with the ending. I haven't the faintest idea where the main character got the idea of his wife's infidelity from or why the story switched from Billy's revenge on the gypsy chief to trying to kill his wife and the man he THINKS she's sleeping with! Plus what was the deal with mantegna's character becoming more obsessed with killing the gypsies than billy?? Also nothing gets resolved nor was there a cliffhanger. I think had the second half of the movie been better I woulda given a higher rating. Think being inebriated and having a free afternoon/night would make this more enjoyable :) OK decided to watch again after reading the other comments and found the movie to b worse than my initial rating of 3! The acting from EVERYONE was lifetime quality (maybe worse) like when Leda tells Bill about her husband dying she says"he always wanted to be cremated" after running into a gas truck. Who says that after their husband jus died? Plus the final line of the movie: horrendous. And the actor playing Bill (that steely cold demeanor works on SVU) but in this he seemed better suited for a serial killer role. Ultimately I think this movie would've been better if it was really scary or if it played on the bad acting as a dark comedy

Leofwine_draca As Stephen King adaptations go, this is a fair attempt at what I found to be one of King's most disturbing novels. The idea of your own body gradually changing for the worse, and you not being able to do a damn thing about it, is a particularly horrifying one and one which translates well to the big screen. Okay, so the acting isn't that great, but it's the clever storyline which carries this film through from the start to the finish and it works.What I like most about King's novels - and filmed works - is the theme of gradual transformation, or decay. In SALEM'S LOT and NEEDFUL THINGS it's the community which is slowly taken over, while in CHRISTINE - and indeed, THINNER - it's the individual who becomes taken over by evil. This film works due to some very good special effects work which sees Burke transform from a 297 pound monstrosity to a human skeleton, with skin stretched taught over his thin frame. Due to the excellent nature of the effects, this transformation is always 100% believable, which is lucky really as it carries the whole film along.There's a slow tension which burns in the background here, a feeling of unstoppable damnation which follows Burke whenever he's on screen. Obviously the revelations at the end don't live up to the audience expectations, but the build-up is very suspenseful. The acting is not brilliant, but good enough for this kind of mainstream film, with Joe Mantegna stealing the show as a cruel, heartless gangster type. His role would be a godsend for any actor, giving them a chance to be extremely vicious in a fun way. Lucinda Jenney is also effective as Burke's leech-like, two-timing wife. Burke himself is hardly convincing, but he manages to convey that harassed/frightened/disturbed look pretty well.Although not gory, there are some gruesome moments involving various dismembered or desiccated corpses which pop up every now and then for that shock moment. The one I liked best was a man who had been deformed with a chicken or something - pretty disgusting. There's another good moment where Burke is shot through the palm with a ball bearing, giving the producers a chance to use a perforated hand special effect, much the same as the one in FROM DUSK TILL DAWN. Some out of place action turns up to keep the wheels turning, along with a voluptuous and glamorous gypsy girl (there just aren't enough of these in films these days). The twist ending is a fun one, and there are plenty of things to enjoy here if you don't mind a bit of light entertainment. This is a film which is difficult to take seriously, but a lot of fun.

atinder I have yet to read the book.I didn't I had seen this movie before but as I got hear the end of the movie.I did remember that last few scenes fro years back , which I forgot about.So that already tells you it a forgettable movie I did like some of the make up effects to make him look k ThinnerThe fat make up was to much and found it looked far to fake , it actually looked really bad The acting in this was really good.I didn't really liked how the movie ended at all, I don't know if story Ended I the same way.I found that Really silly way to end it