Stephen King movie is an empty ‘Bag’


‘STEPHEN KING’S BAG OF BONES’

When: 9 p.m. Sunday and Monday

Where: A&E

McClatchy-Tribune

Stephen King is often underrated as a writer, even though he creates compelling characters and has a deceptively casual style.

His work is so often turned into unsatisfactory screen productions.

The latest example is “Stephen King’s Bag of Bones,” which stars Pierce Brosnan as Mike Noonan, an author trying to recover from the abrupt death of his wife Jo (Annabeth Gish). That effort takes him to a small lakeside community in Maine, where he must deal with nightmares, ghostly visitors, the mystery surrounding several deaths and, it appears, unfinished business with his wife.

Besides Gish, the supporting cast includes Jason Priestley, Melissa George and Anika Noni Rose, but viewers may be most impressed to see William Schallert (“The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,” “The Patty Duke Show”) still acting — impressively — at 89.

The production could easily have been an hour shorter as it drags the audience toward a resolution that is, in at least a general way, evident long before the characters get to it.

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