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Highly Overrated But Still Good

A lot of fun.

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Rose Red often gets laughed at among horror fans for downplaying the gore, sex and profanity of many other Stephen King works, but if you love a good, clean and slow-burning supernatural ghost tour with plenty of mystery, friendship and psychic powers, you'll love this three-part exploration of a giant haunted house. Upon my first viewing, I was a little put-off by the character of Annie Wheaton, an autistic fifteen-year-old portrayed as having the mental capacity of a four-year-old at best. Contrary to popular belief, even non-verbal people on the autism spectrum are just as intelligent as anybody else. It's not a mental deficiency. That being said, considering that this miniseries was created in 2002, the fact that it even acknowledges autism at all was quite a big step, as the topic was largely taboo. The overweight mama's-boy character Emery also breaks the politically correct mold of television by insulting Annie, calling her a retard and a burden, giving viewers a taste of what a lot of autistic teenagers begin facing once they pass the age of childhood. Stephen King might be a horror writer, but he knows how to tackle controversial issues with a lot of common sense.All that aside, Rose Red is, much like Stephen King's It and Kingdom Hospital, a very quirky tale of friendship (not to get too sappy but it's true), as well as a supernatural spook-hunt. However I was a little disappointed that many of its most admirable characters like Nick and Pam were killed off as the show progressed, something that seemed somewhat bizarre for King's usual material. Rose Red also gives a bit of a history lesson, including the shameless racism and violence the police of the early 1900's display towards Sukeena, the misogyny of Ellen Rimbaur's husband and of course, the unsafe work standards at the time. This allows for a lot of deep plot development, however it begins to get a little redundant as time goes by. Scenes and stories get repeated frequently. We also get a lot of recycled Stephen King plot devices, such as Annie making a rain of stones fall upon her neighbour's house (his novel Carrie), which might annoy some longtime fans of his work. One of the things that makes Rose Red so worthwhile is of course the amount of striking detail that went into its set. The house itself is incredibly detailed, with everything from a tiny dollhouse embedded in the wall to decrepit stone fountains. The Seattle scenery offers a nice change from King's typical Maine location, and characters like Mrs. Waterman (Emery's humiliating, obese mother) and Professor Carl Miller offer a dose of comic relief at the same time. The dialogue can be a bit corny at times like something akin to a cheesy sitcom, but overall it's very well-done.All in all, I'd definitely recommend Rose Red. It also features actors like Julian Sands from "The Killing Fields" and Kimberly Brown from "Bringing Down the House", who you'll definitely not want to miss.

As an avid Stephen King fan, I'm always excited about new work of his. Rose Red was no exception. However the more of his movies I see, the more I think he seriously needs to discuss making them with another production company. I love the idea of Rose Red, the cast was chosen well, and of course it was very well written. But the execution was mediocre at best. It was pretty clear that some of these special effects, in fact most of them, were made from a shoestring budget. Some things were just plain cheesy. In this day in age, the graphics should have been a bit more convincing. Nancy Travis did a fine job showing the deterioration from a slightly eccentric college professor to obsessed psychopath, but at times her acting was not the greatest. All in all if you're a King fan like me, you should check this out, but don't expect to find "Shawshank Redemption" or "The Green Mile" here. Good work, but he needs to fire his directors. I give it a 7.5, but round it up to an 8 because it was written by Mr. King.

You want a movie that is entertaining, with never a dull moment, scary, beautiful scenery, very lovable characters, a genius writer, and with a quality "you shouldn't miss" movie? I tell you right now: stop searching because you have found your one! I never enjoyed a movie that takes so much time but this one, I wouldn't have missed a single second of it even if it took like 10 hours. The movie is amazing and no matter how thirsty you are for the horror if you happened to be a horror fan, you would still enjoy all the "un-horror" scenes! The movie succeeds in getting you falling in love with the mansion just like the character of Joyce and you find yourself without knowing thirsty to know more about the mansion and its owners who have some air of mysteriousness about them. Wow, every time Joyce told her team a new single piece of information about the history of the mansion, I craved for more.And the characters, oh my God they're all amazing with the funny Emry and his mom. There were scary scenes in the movie that I understood so much. The scenes where the characters get lost whenever they try to come down the stairs as the house changed and they didn't know their way back, I used to have similar dreams where I am in the middle of a road or an area that I know quite well and suddenly it changes and I get lost. It's really scary.A very decent movie but then again behind it is the genius Stephen King.

I generally enjoy adaptations of Steven King stories, especially when he does the adapting, and this was no exception. It has some surprising weaknesses, but all in all it was a very enjoyable movie.The story focuses on Professor Joyce Reardon (Nancy Travis), a professor of psychology, whose fascination with the paranormal, and obsession with the mansion called Rose Red, have earned her the scorn of her department head, Professor Carl Miller (David Dukes). In fact, Prof. Miller's only desire in life seems to be to discredit Joyce, and to that end he has hired reporter Kevin Bollinger (Jimmi Simpson) to spy on her, take damaging pictures, and write damaging articles. While Miller sees Joyce's obsession with Rose Red as a way to completely humiliate her, Joyce sees it as a way to prove her theories about the paranormal. And it just so happens that Joyce is now seeing Steve Rimbauer (Matt Keeslar), descendant of John (John Procaccino) and Ellen (Julia Campbell) Rimbauer, the original builders of the mansion. So, it's not much of a problem to get access to the house for a weekend to do some research. And Joyce has lined up some special guests to assist her: Pam Asbury (Emily Deschanel), a psychic who gets impressions from objects she touches; Vic Kandinsky (Kevin Tighe), a psychic who's precognitive; Emery Waterman (Matt Ross), a mamma's boy with undetermined psychic abilities; Nick Hardaway (Julian Sands), whose strong psychic talents aren't really given a name; Cathy Kramer (Judith Ivey), whose gift is automatic writing; and Annie Wheaton (Kimberly J. Brown), an autistic girl with powerful psychic gifts, who is accompanied by her sister, Rachel (Melanie Lynskey), better known as Sis. Asserting that Rose Red is a dead cell, Joyce hopes to "awaken" the house, which, indeed she does, with results that surprise them all.King's storytelling is as good as ever in this particular piece. He creates a brooding and foreboding atmosphere, and for the most part, gives just enough information to let you figure out what has happened. That being said, some of his characterizations are surprisingly weak, Sis and Annie's parents (Mary Jo Dugaw and Robert Blanche) are almost more caricatures, than characters, especially the abusive father. And a little more information about what actually happens to Pam, Vic, and Nick would have been helpful, although I suspect that may be due to elements that didn't translate well from the narrative. It's a little slow at times, but overall, it's a good, suspenseful story.The acting was also very good. I'm not a huge fan of Nancy Travis, but I have to give her credit for creating a sympathetic character in the scenes that are told from her point of view, and a much less sympathetic character in scenes that are told from the point of view of others. I always enjoyed David Dukes, and was sad to note that this was his last performance, and that he died while filming the movie. Judith Ivey did an excellent job in a non comic role. Matt Ross and Julian Sands did good jobs with their characters. Emily Deschanel and Kevin Tighe are sadly wasted in unfortunately small roles. The film really belongs to Matt Keeslar, Melanie Lynskey, and most notably Kimberly J. Brown, all of whom turned in wonderful performances.It's a bit long, especially when shown all at once, which is how SyFy has been doing it, but I still think it is well worth investing the time to see a very scary, and very well done movie.