Pet Sematary

2019

Action / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

317
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 33% · 277 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 104088 104.1K

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Plot summary

Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children. Hidden in the woods near the new family home, Ellie, their eldest daughter, discovers a mysterious cemetery where the pets of community members are buried.

Director

Kevin Kolsch Photo
Kevin Kolsch

Top cast

Jason Clarke Photo
Jason Clarke as Louis
Linda E. Smith Photo
Linda E. Smith as Rachel's Mother
John Lithgow Photo
John Lithgow as Jud
Sonia Maria Chirila Photo
Sonia Maria Chirila as Young Rachel
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1 hr 40 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by sarahkaye-30024 5 / 10

Surprising letdown

Reviewed by petra_ste 5 / 10

The soil of a mediocre adaptation is stonier

When horror fans mention their favorite Stephen King novels, most seem to choose "It" and "The Stand". For me, however, the answers are always "The Shining" and "Pet Sematary", which I maintain are King's masterpieces - his tightest, most brilliant works.The elephant in the room is the previous 1989 version, which was disappointing with the exception of a fine supporting turn by the late Fred Gwynne as paternal neighbour Jud Crandall.This version has, overall, better direction, production values and performances. Jason Clarke and Amy Seimetz as the distressed couple, in particular, are superior to the bland Dale Midkiff and Denise Crosby of the original. The exception is John Lithgow, who is nowhere as memorable as Gwynne in the role of Jud, although I blame the script more than the usually reliable Lithgow: the part is very underwritten here.This is one of those "greatest hits" adaptations - (nearly) all the main beats from the novel are there (with one major change I won't spoil but, while not disastrous, does weaken the story), but they are rushed and never given enough time to breath.Take the friendship between Louis and Jud, which is one of the emotional lynchpins of the novel; in this film they get *one* measly scene together before something happens to a certain cat, kickstarting the main plotline. The same goes for an agonizing choice the main character has to make; it's the dramatic core of the novel but in the film it takes like three minutes.Although I generally enjoy King, I do find some of his novels (especially the latest ones) bloated and self-indulgent: they could often use some trimming. Not Pet Sematary though; the wretched pacing of this movie really made me appreciate how King took his time in the book to set up the characters and their emotional state.Overall, not terrible but mediocre. Another missed opportunity for a dark but powerful novel.5,5/10
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