The Grudge (2004)
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 155
Fresh: 61 | Rotten: 94
There's some creepy imagery to be found, but not much in the way of logic or truly jarring scares.
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 25
There's some creepy imagery to be found, but not much in the way of logic or truly jarring scares.
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This American remake of director Takashi Shimizu's popular Japanese movie franchise The Grudge puts Buffy the Vampire Slayer alumna Sarah Michelle Gellar back into the line of supernatural fire. When Karen (Gellar), an American student working with a Japanese health center for college credit, comes across a mysterious curse, she quickly finds herself embroiled in a fight for her own sanity, and, ultimately, her very survival. Known as a "grudge," the curse was born inside of a house after its
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Cast
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
Karen -
Jason Behr
Doug -
William Mapother
Matthew -
Clea DuVall
Jennifer -
KaDee Strickland
Susan -
Grace Zabriskie
Emma -
Bill Pullman
Peter -
Rosa Blasi
Maria -
Ted Raimi
Alex -
Ryo Ishibashi
Nakagawa -
Yoko Maki
Yoko -
Yuya Ozeki
Toshio -
Takako Fuji
Kayako -
Yôichi Okamura
Restaurant Manager -
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Guard -
Takashi Matsuyama
Takeo -
Hiroshi Matsunaga
Igarashi -
Hajime Okayama
Suzuki -
Kazuyuki Tsumura
Peter's Co-Worker -
Jotaro Kitamura
Policeman -
Taigi Kobayashi
Policeman -
Junko Koizumi
Mother -
Nana Koizumi
Daughter -
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All Critics (167) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (69) | Rotten (96) | DVD (36)
Generally speaking, I like a little more plot with my 'Boo!' moments.
Top CriticIt's no more impressive than hiding in the dark and shouting 'Boo!' when someone walks into a room.
It's just not the kind of frightening that stays with you very long, unless of course someone decides to make the same movie . . . yet again.
It's enough to send you home with jiggly knees and a tummy ache.
Almost every single one of the American characters has maybe a third of the personality of the ghosts that haunt them, so you begin to think the grudge itself is less a curse than a perfectly reasonable eviction strategy.
It's refreshing to see a PG-13 horror film that aims for good old-fashioned spookiness.
Grisly ghost story lacks plot; not for tweens.
[Blu Ray] Only the hi-def obsessed should double-dip for this one, DVD owners can still sit pretty.
Fans of the Japanese films should be satisfied at another chance to enjoy director Takashi Shimizu's style of horror.
...just cannibalizes itself, exploiting Japanese spirituality for a few Saturday-night shocks...
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As a pure, light, PG-13 thrill machine, The Grudge is fairly successful. But it is not especially memorable.
Maybe I'll find myself satisfied when the long rumored director's cut of this comes out. Until then, I guess this will do.
The Grudge is...faux fun. It announces a new voice in the world of the wicked, while proving...that in the realm of the remake, Hollywood can't leave well enough alone.
Eschewing plot and a linear timeline for a stylish exercise in mood, Shimizu sets the scenes with long silences and chilling images.
Creepy movie about ghosts with an unfair advantage.
Audience Reviews for The Grudge
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- Daughter: What's your name?
- Toshio: TO-SHI-OH. [scary staring face]
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- Karen: The whole time I was in that house I felt something was wrong. What happened there?
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- Toshio: actually the face of that child is like a real ghost
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Takashi Shimizu doesn't seem concerned with originality or substance as long as he can make creepy ghosts jarringly jump out at characters. While this is scary at times after a while you just stop caring.
Sarah Michelle Gellar does the best she can with a thin role that requires her to just skulk around, look scared and ask questions. And when the answers come they prove to be unsurprisingly and unoriginal.
"The Grudge" is forgettable and mindless.