After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
Even though it is mindless, at least until the provocative ending, The Mist manages to provide some decent old-school shocks.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
24 Nov 2007
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The Mist builds toward a climax so wrenching that I hesitate to recommend the film, but I think Darabont earns his vision.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
26 Nov 2007
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A near-campy escapist thrill ride.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
27 Nov 2007
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It's a horror movie of real conviction. It deserves to be a hit.
– Paul Clinton (CNN.com),
CNN.com,
1 Dec 2007
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[This] 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.