THE LONG WALK's Rotten Tomatoes Score Revealed As First Reviews For Latest Stephen King Adaptation Hit

THE LONG WALK's Rotten Tomatoes Score Revealed As First Reviews For Latest Stephen King Adaptation Hit

The review embargo has lifted for Francis Lawrence's (The Hunger Games) The Long Walk, and this looks set to be one of the rare Stephen King adaptations that's actually as good as the book it's based on.

By JoshWilding - Sep 02, 2025 04:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: Fear HQ

From the highly anticipated adaptation of master storyteller Stephen King's first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of The Hunger Games franchise films, comes The Long Walk, an intense, chilling, and emotional thriller that challenges audiences to confront a haunting question: how far could you go?

The Long Walk has, no pun intended, been a long time coming. Filmmakers like George A. Romero and Frank Darabont have previously taken a crack at the material, but Lawrence is the first to get it over the finish line. 

The first reviews for the movie have now been counted, but can it avoid being another disappointing King adaptation, similar to recent bombs like The Dark Tower, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, and Firestarter? Well, the movie's Rotten Tomatoes score certainly suggests so. 

25 verdicts have been counted as we write this, and The Long Walk sits at an impressive 92%. There are only a couple of negative reviews, one of which comes from Neil Pond of Neil's Entertainment Picks. He writes, "It wants to lead viewers into a socially relevant cautionary tale. Too bad it takes such a nasty, depressing road-trip slog to get there."

Other reviews praise the "incredible performances," hailing it as "one of the great Stephen King adaptations" that "easily [stands] shoulder-to-shoulder with the very best entries in the author's cinematic canon."

GamesRadar+, meanwhile, states, "[The Long Walk] is one of the best Stephen King adaptations ever made -- joining the ranks of The Green Mile, Misery, and Stand By Me."

King has authored a long list of classic books. However, outside of a few exceptions, most have been poorly handled during the transition from page to screen. It's great to see The Long Walk join the ranks of those that have been successes (IT and The Shining, for example), and we now wait to see whether these reviews will lead to strong ticket sales. 

The Long Walk's cast features Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, Josh Hamilton, with Judy Greer, and Mark Hamill. 

Lawrence directs The Long Walk from a screenplay by JT Mollner (Strange Darling), while Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Francis Lawrence, and Cameron MacConomy produce.

The Long Walk arrives in theaters on September 12. 

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narrow290
narrow290 - 9/2/2025, 4:07 PM
Read the book when I was incarcerated!
TheyDont
TheyDont - 9/2/2025, 5:21 PM
@narrow290 - Murder?
WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 9/2/2025, 4:22 PM
Blocking those for having a different opinion than you means you can't defend your opinions.

Reboot the MCU and DCU
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 9/2/2025, 4:38 PM
@WalletsClosed - Thanks for letting us all know.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 9/2/2025, 4:40 PM
@WalletsClosed - Seek Help with your

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AllsGood
AllsGood - 9/2/2025, 4:45 PM
@WalletsClosed - Marvel Studios

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WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 9/2/2025, 4:47 PM
@AllsGood - Thoughts on the 6 MCU flops this year?
AllsGood
AllsGood - 9/2/2025, 4:54 PM
@WalletsClosed - Hasn't Even Slown Marvel Studios Down already moved on to 2026, 2027 and beyond.

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dragon316
dragon316 - 9/2/2025, 6:55 PM
@WalletsClosed - maybe don’t feel like going back fourth in arguments having opinion or disagreement
Humperdoo
Humperdoo - 9/2/2025, 4:29 PM
Looks like the opposite of a feel good movie. Everyone dies a slow painful death? Pass.
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 9/2/2025, 4:42 PM
I could see the director doing something good here. Comparing it to Misery and the Green Mile is pretty lofty. I can't see that happening in 2025.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 9/2/2025, 4:47 PM
Now

92%

Tomatometer
25 Reviews
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 9/2/2025, 6:40 PM
@AllsGood - Stephen King Fireworks
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dragon316
dragon316 - 9/2/2025, 6:54 PM
@AllsGood - doesn’t promise it be successful with goood scores look at thinderbolts , fantastic four, transformers one all three have good scores fantastic four barely made it 500
AllsGood
AllsGood - 9/2/2025, 8:13 PM
@dragon316 - Keep telling everyone Rotten Tomatoes score and Box Office Numbers don't.

All great movies
mountainman
mountainman - 9/2/2025, 4:51 PM
Great book and this looks to be a rare good King adaptation.

Maybe they will finally be able to properly adapt The Dark Tower.
RolandD
RolandD - 9/2/2025, 5:28 PM
@mountainman - I wish Flanagan would drop everything else and start working on his Dark Tower series
ShellHead
ShellHead - 9/2/2025, 5:38 PM
@mountainman - the new Running Man adaptation looks interesting. Edgar Wright directing
mountainman
mountainman - 9/2/2025, 6:10 PM
@RolandD - Yes. If they adapt the entire series it will be quite the undertaking.

@ShellHead - Agreed. Another great book and I don’t even mind the old adaptation, but the new one looks great.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 9/2/2025, 5:20 PM
Looking forward to seeing Hamill's performance in this one.
Pathogen
Pathogen - 9/2/2025, 5:28 PM
Is the book good? The premise looks pretty dull. Out of all his, I'm really surprised other books aren't done and done well
I guess that is half the trouble, not many of them HAVE been done well so far
RolandD
RolandD - 9/2/2025, 5:40 PM
@Pathogen - I thought so but I am a sucker for his writing.It’s not my favorite but he kept it interesting all the way through.
RolandD
RolandD - 9/2/2025, 5:38 PM
Other good to excellent King adaptations-Shawshank, Gerald’s Game, Carrie (original), The Mist, Doctor Slerp, The Life of Chuck, The Stand (original), 11.22.63 and Mr Mercedes.
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 9/2/2025, 6:24 PM
@RolandD - Doctor Slerp is the typo of the week
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 9/2/2025, 7:25 PM
@ProfessorWhy - Doctor Slerp is my favorite adult video!
GenD
GenD - 9/2/2025, 5:40 PM
Criticizing this for being a depressing slog of a movie based off a depressing slog of a book - learn to be a movie critic.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/2/2025, 6:37 PM
Cool , glad to see the positive reception thus far!!.

The movie itself has seemed decent at the least imo looking forward to checking it out.
dragon316
dragon316 - 9/2/2025, 6:58 PM
I want to see this have feeling it will have some boring parts and slow moments I will see this in theaters will find out how well this does if people want to see it or not regardless what critics and reviews say about this reviews don’t make movies success people make that choice not reviews

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