Review of Thinner (1996) by Lawrence Van Gelder for The New York Times — 15 May 2016
A tale of negligent homicide, class warfare, vengeance, jealousy and murder, Stephen King's Thinner has the outlines of Shakespearean tragedy and the intellectual content of a jack o'lantern. But as such ventures go, this Halloween handout is more treat than trick, if your tastes run to dripping blood and repellent skin ailments.
The production is slick, the Maine scenery is bracing, the characters are well-acted, and in a mumbo-jumbo movie with a few loose ends, the makeup central to the plot and applied by Greg Cannom and Bob Laden to Robert John Burke in the leading role is most admirable.
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This review of Thinner (1996) was written by Lawrence Van Gelder and published by The New York Times on 15 May 2016.
Thinner has generally received mixed reviews.
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