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DREAMCATCHER - VLOG REVIEW

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I review Dreamcatcher , one of my favourites. No, really.

DREAMCATCHER - VIDEO REVIEW

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DREAMCATCHER - REVIEW

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You don't see shit weasels around that much anymore... Thankfully they are immortalised in this madcap Stephen King adaptation which gloriously throws everything at you no matter how ridiculous or nonsensical the result may be. Dreamcatcher is like a best of (and worst of) Stephen King with every possible King cliche at the rendez-vous: Stand By Me -style backstories, aliens, creepy cabin in the woods, telepathy, farts...it's got it all. There are obvious reasons why Dreamcatcher will never be up there with the likes of Christine , Carrie or other, more focused, King efforts. For one thing the last half hour is a mess to say the least and is way funnier than it probably originally intented to be, with the whole thing ending in a giant brown blob of CGI mush. But it is a guilty pleasure and the very idea of a shit weasel, a mentally challenged alien with a Scooby Doo lunchbox, Damian Lewis' hilariously schizophrenic "Mr Gray", Jason Lee's irr