Robert John Burke,
Joe Mantegna,
Michael Constantine,
Lucinda Jenney,
Kari Wuhrer
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The plot of Thinner concerns massively overweight lawyer Billy Halleck (Robert John Burke), who is receiving an oral gift from his wife (Lucinda Jenney) while driving down the street one night, when h... read more
Directed by: Tom Holland
Release Date: October 25, 1996
DVD Release Date: October 7, 1997
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June 4, 2010Another terrible made for TV adaption of one of Stephen King's more psychologically disturbing stories. This is not scary, inaccurate and plain stupid. The acting is terrible, the special effects are laughable and it has zero effect. It's better forgotten, hopefully one day it wi... read more
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April 4, 2010I think it lived up to the book....even though it felt lite they just tried to sum up every scene in the fastest way possible...the movie could have been longer. But they shure found the perfect guy to play Billy.
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December 8, 2009Stephen Kings Thinner is a great example to take those gypsy serious. I enjoyed this Movie.
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July 17, 2009When i saw the cover of the video jacket, i knew i was in for a cheesy but probably enjoyable flick. It is a watchable film, and follows the plot of the novel pretty well all told. The actors were adequate, but not noteworthy. Some people have commented on the fact that William H... read more
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May 3, 2009I think that Thinner really does work better as a story than as a film. Your imagination makes the Gypsy curse even more horrible when you read than how the film presents it. Stephen King's stories are usually hit or miss when it comes to a film or TV adaptation, but Thinner lies... read more
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April 25, 2009A film that is mostly a laugh riot. A fat lawyer is cursed by a Gypsy. Gypsy curses are more at home in Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes. The whole Gypsy curse thing is both insulting to actual Gypsy's, and hilarious to the reat of us. It doesn't help that the Gypsy's acting... read more
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September 25, 2008This creepy, unsettling thriller is one of the more under-rated movies that have been adapted from Stephen King's stories (Lord knows there have been plenty of absolutely horrid ones). There are some gruesome scenes, but credit director Tom Holland (who also wrote and helmed the ... read more
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August 3, 2007Bad Stephen King movie. The fat makeup looked fake. The bad gypsy was unfair to put such a curse on the lawyer.
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June 24, 2007This interesting and original little tale has some great makeup effects and a compelling plot which is matched by some even better acting.
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June 18, 2007Chilling Stephen King's novel tale that looks freak to me about someone who got cursed by a mysterious ugly old gypsy guy for the justice.
Critic Reviews
January 23, 2006
Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily
March 23, 2005
Clint Morris, Moviehole
Stephen King's freakiest film in eons
July 14, 2003
Fred Topel, About.com
Mediocre Steven King adaptation. Interesting horror idea in light of society's obsession with dieting, but really just another horror movie.
January 1, 2000
Chris Hicks, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
The film isn't scary and it isn't funny. What it is, is dull. Full Review
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