True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Honestly, The Langoliers (1995) remains one of my all time favourite films, ever since my older stepbrother first showed it to me (on VHS, remember those?) when I was 13 or so. I now gladly own the DVD.This film seems to contain everything about the world that I still remain passionate about all these years later - mindbending horror, exploration of psychological fears, mystery, suspense, believable characters, atmosphere/ambiance and proof of the sheer power of the human spirit when faced with difficult and dangerous situations.This film seems to remain completely under-appreciated by society and horror film fans at large - to the extent that in 2017, the film has still not seen a Blu Ray release (as at the time of writing this) or even an expanded DVD edition with bonus features (yes I know it was a low budget mini series made for TV, and back then there was less thought given to such things).I truly salute Tom Holland, Stephen King and the talents of the fantastic cast in bringing this superb story to life.Everything here is extremely well done and keeps the viewer on their toes throughout the entire duration. What is most admirable is that everyone's reactions to the bizarre events feel entirely believable, and at times you do forget that it's just a film (with the exception of the CGI effects, but again, this was a product of the time and doesn't detract at all from the story).I have lost count of how many times I have watched this, and it never loses its power. I'm a particular fan of Dean Stockwell (perhaps because of his bizarre performance in 1986's Blue Velvet), and as others have said, David Morse and Bronson Pinchot are equally good, as is Kate Maberly and pretty much the entire cast.The music is also superb and it seems criminal that the composer has not been truly recognised for his efforts, as apparently there was no agreement made to release a soundtrack.I had (perhaps naively) thought that if Tom Holland had adapted this story so well, there must be something similar from around the same time that he also made - but sadly this is not the case - although I have not yet seen "Thinner" so am unable to compare.Do you consider yourself an intelligent representative of humanity? Would you rather watch something challenging, thought provoking and fascinating rather than subjecting yourself to rubbish like The Kardashians? Then THIS is the film for you my friend, you have located the holy grail of mysteries.Ignore the haters and the naysayers - they are unevolved and unenlightened. This is one of those rare, perfect films (as close as possible anyway) that I would bring with me to a desert island if push came to shove.This review does not exist to spoil the story for you - you will be given all the answers you need should you decide to watch it (and I hope you do).I am simply writing this to express my huge THANKS and APPRECIATION to Stephen King and Tom Holland for their immense artistic efforts. I now feel inspired with my own life - to go out and find similar minded folks who appreciate greatness such as this, so that perhaps in the future, we can honour THE LANGOLIERS by making a similar story, or one which also presents fascinating and intriguing concepts in such a captivating manner. And thus we can keep the genius of Stephen King preserved for future generations (I wish I could say the same about the recently ill-conceived remake of IT).If I ever get to be in a lucky enough position as Tom Holland to write a screenplay or teleplay and to then direct the adaptation, I would consider myself truly blessed.Thank you to two great masters of the horror genre for keeping our nightmares fresh for so many years.And thank YOU for flying American Pride.

I'm going to let you know right off the bat, the less you know about this TV movie, the better, you might want to stop reading this review now. I first viewed it without knowing anything about it, and I was better for it. I was 11yrs the first time shortly after it aired, and back then, the effects were considered pretty decent for a television film at the time, some of them are laughably bad now, but in a way, this adds to the entertainment value. The movie spellbound me as a child, and I have watched it upwards of 9x's since then, not once have I been bored by it, though I cannot guarantee most people will feel the same, in fact, I doubt that they will.Some of the acting in this is terrible, and no I am not talking about Bronson Pinchot, in fact, he is quite pitch perfect, over-the- top scenery chewing, scene stealer that actually elevates the film. The rest of the acting ranges from good(David Morse, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Patricia Wettig, and Dean Stockwell) to downright terrible (Kate Maberly who was previously amazing in "The Secret Garden", Kimber Riddle, Christopher Collet), and just OK (Frankie Feisman, and everyone else, save one.), and then you have Bronson Pinchot, whom is in his own universe really, literally and figuratively. The premise to this whole mini-series, and the novella(I have read it twice), is both intriguing, and silly. Certainly time travel has never quite been present this way before, and it is very intriguing to watch it unfold. See how it effects each character, and surprisingly, this adaptation is almost completely faithful, save some minor details about characters. Practically all the scenes and dialog are in tact from the novella, but what make this adaptation a miss for some people, again, really comes down to the acting. It really takes this from being a serious movie, in to the realm of pure camp by the third act, but then it ends up being quite serious again for the last 40 minutes, you could say it is wildly inconsistent in tone, but given the material, it is consistent with it. If the acting was more consistent, and better people had been cast in the roles of Bethany and Albert especially, the movie would have been so much better. Casting Bronson Pinchot was a stroke of genius, and the film is largely carried on is tiny shoulders, every scene he is in is electric, and well, crazy. The character of Craig Toomy is intriguing because, well, he is a terrible person, and not because he was abused, and in his mind, still is, no it is because he chooses to treat others based on that abuse. This is a man whom has lost all touch with reality by this point, and most people whom are abused, unfortunately, tend to lose touch with some aspect of reality, but it's not out of your control(I speak from experience), what makes this story so interesting, is no matter how campy it is, it is a very well-done analysis on abuse and what happens when you do not deal with past traumas. Like all King stories, however, Toomy is not the only one dealing with past demons, the others just do a much better job of handling them.There is endless entertainment here, from the mystery aspects, to the camp aspects, to the time travel, to the langoliers themselves(as silly as the CGI looks now, I actually felt they were, stylistically anyway, accurate to the book), it is never a dull movie, unless you are off- put by the uneven acting, and cannot accept it as a camp classic.God Bless ~Amy

On a plane to Boston, passengers awake to find themselves the only people on board and finally land on a desolate strip of land only to come to the realization that they have passed through a time rip into a world inhabited by Langoliers and must try various plans to be able to leave.As far as miniseries go, this one isn't half bad. The film's real selling point is that this does a spectacular job of building up their situation and the resulting circumstances surrounding it, using the film's central storyline to great effect here. The beginning is incredibly tense and suspenseful, due to the unknown which this one plays with like no other film, as what is happening is the complete opposite of what should be in this situation and it becomes fearful that there is something out there with the group awaking in that condition and trying to rationalize what's has happened while struggling to make sure they stay alive which is a rather interesting concept and is played out rather intelligently. That also works wonders for the airport in the other world. The sound and the visual destruction of the countryside are quite chilling, and they make the difference there in the film's suspense by making the world completely weird and freaky. From the food and beverage moments all the way they mention the world around them in the lack of sound or other people around them despite the situation, these here all combine to make it a pretty creepy place. Even the flight back and their encounters with the creatures at the airport as well are all handled really well, which altogether make this series really watchable. This doesn't have a whole lot of flaws, with one of the key issues being the fact that this one never once addresses several big questions. The bigger one of the two is that the disappearances from the plane go unnoticed here, as nothing is made to explain what happens, it just does and that itself is quite hard to ignore. The other one that needs explaining is a theory about where the time rip originated. There's no reason why anyone would be open to even trying such a move, let alone be allowed to do so. There's not a force-field that pulled it in, so how it happened is a little hard to swallow. The last flaw with this one is that there's a little too much padding to it. It's a miniseries and should play out in such a manner, yet this one probably could've told the same story with a little chopping here and there. About a two-and-a-half movie rather than over three would've worked, telling the same story in the same way, just without the padding. One of the easiest ones to chop out is the freaked-out passenger who goes around chasing the others which just doesn't offer up any kind of enjoyable work and there's little about it that should've been put here which is helpful to the situation so his scenes are completely useless and just don't belong here as he just pads out the film. Otherwise, these here don't hurt it a whole lot.Rated PG-13: Violence and Language.

Despite being low budget, this is one of the best Stephen King adaptations of all time. It doesn't win on acting, and certainly not on special effects but the intriguing story more than makes up for that. It was TV CGI from 1995 so lower your expectations for quality there. If you like hard sci-fi explored in original way, this may be the movie for you. Minor spoilers ahead. It explores an aspect of time travel I have never seen discussed before or since. It starts out on a red eye flight where most of the passengers seem to disappear with no explanation. From there the movie will keep you guessing. Back when this movie came out I was 10 and when it was finally revealed what the Langoliers are it really scared me.