Loved This Movie!!! I'm a Dean Koontz fan from the start, and most times the Hollywood people don't do his books justice. However, they did a wonderful job with this one. No big names or big budgets here, but a great story line. The chemistry between Odd and Stormy was spot on, and there was a great portrayal of a beautiful love between a guy and a girl without being weird or trashy. Like one of those movies from the good old days that let you use your imagination without being too revealing.
Just a small amount of cussing, and the scary/gross stuff was enough to get the point across but not make you want to throw up too much. I was able to watch the movie with my boys, ages 9-13, and they liked the movie too. The romantic/kissing scenes only made them mildly squeamish and they blood and gore wasn't enough to make them hide their faces in a pillow. It had a little bit of "jump and scare", but it startled me more than it did my boys. :)
I like movies with at least some kind of resolution, and there is that element (to a degree, since it is based off a book series) with this one. It's also good for those of you who like defined good guy and bad guy roles (which Koontz usually does) and not this back and forth with which side the characters stand regarding morality issues and then a butt load of introspection followed by switch footing again that has become so popular in shows nowadays. I mean, you do have to figure out who the bad guys are, but after you do, there's none of that whole trying to water down the bad guys' awfulness with stories of a tortured childhood (the kind of stuff Nicholas Sparks likes to do).
Overall, I give it nine stars and I will buy this DVD for my own collection. Give it a spin. You'll like this movie too. :)