Riding The Bullet 2004

Critics score:
27 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic: A better name for the film would be Taking the Bullet, because that's what sitting through this dopey, pretentious mess feels like. Read more

Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times: The movie is so glum and flat-footed there's no reason to care. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Falls short of its source. Read more

Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News: It's a navel-gazing meditation on death smothered under excess and ham-handed direction, better suited for late-night cable. Read more

Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: The ending of which, both on the page and, now, on the screen, lands with an overly elegiac thud. Still, the journey is often fine. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: A ponderous, incoherent horror mishmash that turns King's short story into utter nonsense. Read more