`Mr. Harrigan`s Phone` gets its message across with a smart Stephen King adaptation
(CNN.com Entertainment)

Add `Mr. Harrigan`s Phone` to the relatively short list of really good Stephen King adaptations, garnishing a coming-of-age story with understated hints of the supernatural and thoughtful rumination about cellphones that finds true horror in their ubiquity. Amid a month of Halloween-tinged offerings, it might be one of the few to share with the kids -- at least, before the next time you punish them by taking their phone away.