The best Stephen King movie adaptation trades haunted hotels and killer clowns for a tale of true friendship.
The Big Picture Ask a group of people for the best Stephen King story adapted to film, and you’ll probably get a bunch of different answers. Maybe a Kubrick fan will immediately say The Shining. Another might say It , Carrie, or maybe Misery. There's something about King's work that filmmakers can't get enough of; his latest novel has already been optioned by a director despite the fact that it just came out last fall.
The “realness” of the kids comes through in a big way from the performances of the main cast of the movie. They embody their characters in a way that feels so realistic that the audience loses themselves in it almost immediately. They talk so naturally that they quickly stop feeling like actors and start feeling like just kids.
Related Only One Stephen King Movie Has Ever Won an Oscar Hold my sledgehammer. One of the most impactful scenes in the entire movie, however, is when Chris confides in Gordon about the truth of a crime he’s long been accused of. Throughout the movie, Chris has been the rock that the others clung to during their own struggles, the most mature of the group that was always there to offer advice and a more adult perspective.
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