the audience applauded

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Just what I expected

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Overall, surprisingly well done. The characterizations are just expository enough to be good without being too upfront. The acting is mostly fairly good, especially by the Anton Yelchin (who also did well in the recent faux Star Trek films) and Willem Dafoe (who always does a good job). I would be willing to watch a sequel. That said, the movie does have some flaws. Some of its special effects are too gross for kids to watch (the faceless people, a couple of the roach stunts), which is a pity because it would otherwise make a good kids' movie. Also, I have a bone to pick with the writing of the ending *spoiler alert from here on out* Having Odd and Stormy being able to kiss/touch when she's a ghost breaks the rules the movie set up only a couple of scenes before. Also, the ending fanfare scenes of the townspeople cheering Odd and the part where Stormy dissipates into butterflies didn't fit the feel of the rest of the film and took all the wind out of the movie's flow and rhythm. That's just bad writing. Here's the fix I would have suggested: Firstly, it's illogical that Odd forced the gal with the kids to leave but made no effort to save Stormy before the bad stuff went down. He should have told her to go, and then maybe she could have been distracted a little too long by trying to make the customers leave first. Then, in the moment when Odd steps into the ice cream shop and sees Stormy stand, causing his heart to lift and him to smile, the next beat should have been him walking towards her and her trying to speak to him and but being unable to. Then, just as the blow of the realization that she's a ghost hits him, the other ghost appears to notify him it's not over yet. There would be a brief, soul-crushing moment where Stormy urges him that he needs to follow the other ghost, and after the big action sequence she could come back later to pull him from unconsciousness in the hospital and say a proper goodbye then. See? Better, right? Well, I think so anyway.

I wish Hollywood would make great movies like this. This is a different great movie. 7 out of 10. means I will watch it again.

RELEASED IN 2013 and written & directed by Stephen Sommers based on Dean Koontz' novel, "Odd Thomas" chronicles events in a small California desert town where the eponymous young man (Anton Yelchin), a short-order cook, has the paranormal gift of discerning of spirits wherein he can see into the spirit realm. Not only can he see dead people, ghosts stuck on this plane, he can also see the activities of evil spirits, which he calls bodachs. His gift informs him that there's going to be a mass murder in town and thus the wicked bodachs are gathering in droves. The police chief (Willem Dafoe) is aware of Odd's psychic gifts and works with him to prevent the carnage.I didn't know anything about this movie or the Dean Koontz series before viewing and was pleasantly surprised by this eccentric black comedy/mystery/horror. While it's not necessarily great overall, it has elements of greatness. For instance, the depiction of evil spirits and their activities, the way they're drawn to evil & fear like flies to dog doo-doo, is easily the best cinematic portrayal of demons I've ever seen. The movie's nigh enlightening on this front.Petite cutie Addison Timlin plays the hero's girlfriend and her beauty is well highlighted (no nudity or sleaze).THE FILM RUNS 97 minutes and was in shot in New Mexico (Santa Fe, Albuquerque & Pecos).GRADE: B

I am kicking myself for waiting this long to view this movie. Anton did a marvelous job and the movie as a whole is very well made, with great execution and a great cast behind it! It sucks that Anton passed away last year and again I waited long to view this movie, but NETFLIX has it on there so I decided to give it a go and I was NOT disappointed ! Willem Defoe is great as usual and then there are a few people who I did not recognize, but all parts are played very well! This is a great take on a Dean Koontz novel and it is just a shame that we will not see a 2nd one with Anton in it. Maybe a new movie as a whole, but I do not see it being better than this one! I don't know though. We could be surprised. Great movie though, if you haven't seen it, give it a go! It should not disappoint you! Peace!