I laughed at many of the horror-laden scenes in this film, but it ran a little long for the story at hand, and the ending stumbles badly. The use of FUD with a religious bent by Mrs. Carmoody got really old, even in a lifeboat situation offering a look at group dynamics scared out of their minds of an unknown but lethal external forces.
Director and screenwriter Darabont does a good job with the Stephen King novella material, but the ending is just awe-inspiringly dumb because it was so underwritten and unsupported by what came before it.
I give it 2.75 stars, or a grade of B-.
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