Oh man. I liked Cujo and Love Silver Linings Playbook
Yeah, Cujo hate baffles me. It's not a great film, but it's so far from the worst of King's adaptations that I can't really grasp it. It's not as bad as Children of the Corn or Thinner or something. And I think Thief may just have an unrequited crush on J-Law, and he's all "Nuh-uh!" and yet there they are. Sitting in a tree.
Yeah, granted it not as good as, say, Christine or Carrie, but I enjoyed it for what is was.
And Thief can continue to hate on her. More J-Law fo’ me.
Which reminds me….I still need to watch Mother! 😑
For what it's worth, here are my Letterboxd reviews on both, where I expand a bit on why I didn't like either...
Cujo
Silver Linings Playbook
I know I might be in the minority for both, especially SLP, but it is what it is.
Re:
Cujo vs. other King adaptations, I don't think I've seen
Children of the Corn or
Thinner, so I can't say much about Jinn's comparison. Who knows. Maybe I'll rate those 0 stars.
As for J-Law, I like her quite a bit. Not that I've seen a lot, but I liked her a lot on
Winter's Bone and
The Poker House, although the latter is a fairly weak film. I also liked her in the
Hunger Games film, although I never got around to see the last one
Make from that what you may. The only other film of her I've seen is
X-Men: First Class, where I don't think she's given a lot to do, so