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Aug 27, 1993 · You know you're in trouble when a movie's about Satan, and his best lines are puns. The story takes place in one of those peaceable little Stephen King towns where everybody knows each other and they're mostly all doomed.
When a creepy older man named Leland Gaunt (Max von Sydow) moves to a small town in Maine and sets up an antique shop, bad things soon follow. Gaunt has the remarkable ability of selling people...
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Needful Things (the movie) revolves around the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. A businessman named Leland Gaunt played adequately by Max Von Sydow opens a small antiques type store called "Needful Things" and has some very unique and special items for certain folks in the town.
Aug 27, 1993 · Needful Things: Directed by Fraser C. Heston. With Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Amanda Plummer. A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
Needful Things received mixed reviews from critics. The film holds a 32% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.
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Mar 9, 2019 · SYNOPSIS: A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected. REVIEW: Taglines: “The town of Castle Rock just made a deal with the Devil… Now it’s time to pay!” “Buy now. Pay later.”
Aug 27, 1993 · Needful Things is hardly a cinema milestone -- it's a bit too episodic in chronicling the downfall of the town, and some of King's best bits are glossed over in favor of some of King's worst bits, but all things considered, it's still a hell of a good ride. Read More. By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW. 60.
Aug 10, 1993 · This darkly comic pic proves a sadistic, mean-spirited, overlong exercise that should have a devilish time sustaining any box office fire once the King-induced spark wears off. By Brian Lowry ...
Dec 31, 1992 · Needful Things Review. A man who own a novelty gift shop is famed for offering his produce at cheap prices as long as the buyer performs a prank on a local. When the sheriff begins to...
Sep 10, 2012 · Little more than an EC Comics-style morality tale about the greedy getting their comeuppance, but the director has a strong eye for visual detail and expansive composition. Written by NFMonday 10...
