The ending is a major letdown. At the screening I attended, an audience of journalists and regular folks let out a raucous groan followed by a few peels of laughter.
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10/21/04
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The Grudge (2004)
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Reviews Counted:151
Fresh:59
Rotten:92
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: There's some creepy imagery to be found, but not much in the way of logic or truly jarring scares.
Theatrical Release:Oct 22, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $110,175,871
Synopsis: In Sam Raimi and Columbia Pictures' powerful thriller The Grudge, based on the Japanese blockbuster JU-ON: THE GRUDGE, the normal façade of a modest house in Tokyo belies the hidden terror within.... [More]
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, Clea DuVall, William R. Mapother
Director: Takashi Shimizu
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Reviews for The Grudge
The Grudge is not the worst film of the year, but that's about the biggest compliment I can give it.
10/21/04
It's disconcerting when fingers poke out of Gellar's head during a shower because nothing is likely to emerge from an actor's head but dialogue and roots.
10/21/04
A scattering of scary moments surrounded by scenes that only serve to test your patience and kill time.
10/21/04
Dismally lost in translation.
10/20/04
Elegant and haunting, using simple elements like camera placement and blocking to maximize the eeriness.
10/20/04
Shimizu may have sold out and bastardized his own calling card, but at least he got the ghost hand thing in again.
10/20/04
I want to scream in terror (like at a Jennifer Lopez movie, or when I stand naked in front of my mirror). Sadly, The Grudge's scares aren't accompanied by much else.
10/20/04
An abundance of above-average scares ultimately makes The Grudge’s portrait of contagious anger, violence, and death creepily unsettling.
10/20/04
Stylish but shallow horror
10/20/04
Nothing more than a cultural twist on the standard-issue haunted house movie, (but) I will give (it) credit...for giving me goosebumps. Lots and lots of goosebumps.
10/20/04
The Grudge, a slump-in-your-seat, would-be thriller, is a shockless shocker.
10/20/04
Isn't much more coherent in English than it was in Japanese...your neighborhood Halloween haunted house is probably scarier than this one.
10/20/04
It ain’t Buffy, but it will have to do.
10/20/04
Completely free of character development, tension, scenario, narrative, plot, intelligence, point, sociological relevance, technical aptitude, and scares.
10/20/04
The Grudge bears the imprimatur of Sam Raimi, but alas, neither his sense of fun nor his smarts.
10/20/04
A horror film that consists of virtually nothing but don't-go-in-the-attic suspense scenes strung together with a reasonable degree of brooding mood and a minimum of logic.
10/20/04
Top Criticeven though the plot is a bit disjointed and the characters are underdrawn, the truly terrifying ghosts are more than worth the price of admission.
10/20/04
Genuinely surprises because one is never quite sure where it is headed next, all the while involving the viewer in freakish, unforgettably nightmarish imagery.
10/20/04
A minimal, stylish look and sinister atmosphere support a ho-hum storyline and pedestrian script.
10/19/04
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