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Dreamcatcher

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

2003 · 2h 16m · R Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan

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Overview

Four boyhood pals perform a heroic act and are changed by the powers they gain in return. Years later, on a hunting trip in the Maine woods, they're overtaken by a vicious blizzard that harbors an ominous presence. Challenged to stop an alien force, the friends must first prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by a military vigilante ... and then overcome a threat to the bond that unites the four of them.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

Top critics, in their words

All reviews
28%
Tomatometer
Rotten

King is dreamily free-associating, which doesn't mean he's plumbing his unconscious in search of new nightmare archetypes; it means he's recycling bits of old horror and sci-fi flicks and even setups from his own novels.

David Edelstein, Slate
Rotten

Stupid, sophomoric and moronically silly, it leaves you with the feeling that you might welcome shock treatment just to get your brain back.

Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten

... not since Death to Smoochy have so many talented people made such a mess of things.

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten

If hopeless literalist Kasdan could have decided on a tone ... this could have been a gynophobe's Independence Day.

Laura Sinagra, Village Voice
Fresh

A bumpy thrill ride.

Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture

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