A ponderous, incoherent horror mishmash that turns King's short story into utter nonsense.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
Writer-director Mick Garris has a real feeling for the horror master's melancholy worldview - love is loss - but he's too reverent toward the original story, the ending of which, both on the page and, now, on the screen, lands with an overly elegiac thud.
Dallas Observer by Luke Y. Thompson
Imagine a feature-length version of the "Large Marge" sequence from "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and you won't be too far off, only that was scarier.
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
The "Bullet" is an amusement-park roller coaster, and the title is a ham-fisted metaphor for facing your fears.
The Hollywood Reporter by Michael Rechtshaffen
Both the anticipation factor and writer-director Mick Garris' slick adaptation fail to live up to the old hype.
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
Falls short of its source.