Review – Something Wicked This Way Comes

At the outset let me admit that I’m a big Ray Bradbury fan, and if you don’t care for his work (particularly his tendency to get a little too sentimental on occasion) then you probably won’t care for this film. Even if you do like Bradbury, you may still have trouble accepting this offering. It seems somehow as if it was directed by committee, with some elements just a little bit out of step with others (not to mention a couple of lines repeated for no obvious reason, no doubt an editing mistake) and most of the dialogue rattled off in an over-dramatized tone. Further, this is a grim little movie, lacking the chain saws and other typical horror flick accouterments. But if you can get past all that, you’ll find this an eerie trip back to the darker sides of childhood imagination. Worth seeing