Stephen King novel
turns quiet town around
Jim Mehsling/DN
“Needful Things”
What would you be willing to do
for one wish?
That is the question posed by the
movie “Needful Things,” the latest
screen adaptation of a Stephen King
novel.
Castle Rock, Maine, is a quiet
little town. The local sheriff (Ed
Harris, “Glengarry Glen Ross”) has
just proposed to the cafe owner
Polly (Bonnie Bedel ia, from the
“Die Hard” films), and in general
te(Max *\^on’
Sydow) arrives and opens up an
antique store called Needful Things.
Of course, this isn’t just your
run-of-the-mill antique store.
Somehow, Gaunt can give his cus
tomers the one thing each has al
ways wanted — for a price.
No, they don’t have to sign away
their souls; they just have to {mil a
“harmless prank,” such as throw
ing mud and turkey crap all over
someone’s laundry.
Eventually, Gaunt gets every
one in the town hating oik another,
and the “harmless pranks" escalate
with the use of high explosives and
shotguns, and Gaunt is loving ev
ery minute of it.
Fraser Heston’s debut as a di
rector is good, especially consider
ing the string of successful King
novels converted into flops for the
big screen. He keeps the film roll
ing along at a leisurely pace, with
all the action and suspense in the
right places, with a few touches of
humor thrown in as well.
Heston also knows what kind of
scenes will bring a macabre smile
from moviegoers, such as a couple
of priests trying to beat the holy
snot out of each other.
The cast is excellent as well,
with great performances from
Amanda Plummer (“The Fisher
King”) as the soft-spoken Nettie
and J.T. Walsh (“Good Morning
Vietnam”) as Keeton, a city coun
cil member that falls heavily under
the jnfluence of Gaunt’s spell. j|
/ever,
devilish Gaunt is deliciously mor
bid, and the line ofpuns concerning
Gaunt’s background — “I didn’t
think another soul would fit in here”
— doesn’t stop, but it isn’t over
done.
The music, however, is over
done. Patrick Doyle threw in just a
few too many “Ominous Angelic
Choruses,” and at times it hurts the
film’s effectiveness as a thriller.
But the great suspense and good
acting makes “Needful Things”
worth the price.
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