Review of The Mist (2007) by J.r. Jones for Chicago Reader — 10 Sep 2008
Darabont doesn't match the sly cultural commentary of "The Host," a recent Korean import that also revamped the giant-monster genre, but his grocery-store survival drama, dominated by Marcia Gay Harden as a shrill fundamentalist, serves as a crude but effective allegory for post-9/11 America.
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This review of The Mist (2007) was written by J.r. Jones and published by Chicago Reader on 10 Sep 2008.
The Mist has generally received positive reviews.
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