Better than average TV event presented in two two hour parts by the A&E Network. BAG OF BONES is an eerie mystery based on Stephen King's novel. Mike Noonan(Pierce Brosnan)is an admired novelist that gives a lot of credit to his wife Jo(Annabeth Gish), who always types the last line of his scripts. After the sudden death of his beloved soul mate, Mike is inspired by a dream to return to his lakeside retreat in Maine. His agent(Jason Priestley)presses him to come up with a new book with little time to work in; the pressure bogs down his writing process. Little things assure Mike that the spirit of his dead wife has traveled with him. Upon arrival at the retreat an unstable feeling permeates; Mike's dreams compel him to aid a pretty young woman(Melissa George)in a child custody case and at the same time go up against the most powerful and feared man(William Schallert) in town. A supernatural and compelling mystery unwinds with the visions of a dead blues singer(Anika Noni Rose) and her daughter. Is Jo's spirit somehow helping Noonan write his next novel? If only the first half of this movie was as good as the second, where the strange special effects tell the story. Being a King fan, I was not disappointed. Others in the cast: Deborah Grover, Matt Frewer, and Caitlin Carmichael.
Review of Bag of Bones
