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The Uninvited (2009)

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Average Rating: 4.5/10
Reviews Counted: 125
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 86

The Uninvited is moody and reasonably involving, but suffers from predictable plot twists.

Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 22
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 12

The Uninvited is moody and reasonably involving, but suffers from predictable plot twists.

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Movie Info

Filmmaking duo Thomas and Charles Guard make their feature directorial debuts as the co-directors of this remake of Kim Jee-woon's 2003 Korean film A Tale of Two Sisters. Produced by Asian horror remake king Roy Lee, The Uninvited tells the story of a young girl named Anna (Emily Browning), who was admitted into a mental hospital following the death of her biological mother. Returning home some time later, Anna is shocked to discover that her father (David Strathairn) has recently gotten engaged

PG-13, 1 hr. 27 min.

Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Charles Guard , Thomas Guard

Written By: Craig Rosenberg, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard

In Theaters: Jan 30, 2009 Wide

On DVD: Apr 28, 2009

Box Office:$28.6M

DreamWorks/Paramount Studios

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Critic Reviews for The Uninvited

All Critics (125) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (89) | DVD (12)

The Uninvited is a mess of styles and stolen ideas, including a plot twist that would make M. Night Shyamalan roll his eyes and dialogue straight from a CW scene generator.

January 30, 2009 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

Top Critic

In truth it's just a gimmicky thriller that doesn't play fair with the audience.

January 30, 2009 Comment

Stephen Farber

Hollywood Reporter

Top Critic

Cheap thrills and a gimmicky twist at the climax keep The Uninvited in the realm of the subpar horror movie.

January 30, 2009 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Kara Nesvig

Minneapolis Star Tribune

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What can I tell you about The Uninvited that you haven't already heard about every other instantly forgettable horror flick?

January 30, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Daily News

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

Top Critic

The story line is more crafted than it at first appears, but a big finish doesn't always make up for everything that came before. Until then, The Uninvited is basically 80 minutes of things jumping out and making loud noises.

January 30, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Post

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

Top Critic

Although the movie's best moments are pilfered, at least the Guards know whom to steal from (I'd bet The Shining is still in their DVD player). True, there's nothing new here for veteran horror fans.

January 30, 2009 Comment

Stephen Whitty

Newark Star-Ledger

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Take a 'concept', strip it bare of all layers of meaning, remake it with added genre cliches and scantily clad American teens in order to a 'wider audience'. Voila.

March 13, 2011 Full Review Source: What Culture

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Mike Edwards

What Culture Source: What Culture

As far as PG-13 Americanizations of Asian shockers go, it's about 70 percent passable

August 26, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Perhaps as fodder for a teen slumber party, this film might work best.

June 14, 2009 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Just to set the taste level, the first line in The Uninvited is 'I love you, I have a condom.' Yep, the bar is already lowered.

June 10, 2009 Full Review Source: BET.com

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Clay Cane

BET.com

A mild improvement over its nigh unwatchable predecessor...

May 12, 2009 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Suffers from a meekness -- its scares never dig deep and are more sensational than disturbing, and its storyline has been modified to something more conventional.

May 7, 2009 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies

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Jeffrey Chen

Window to the Movies

The latest teen horror, directed by Charles and Thomas Guard, has a bit more patience than such films usually display.

April 28, 2009 Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK)

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

It is less bloody and less ambiguous than the original.

April 28, 2009 Full Review Source: Observer [UK]

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Philip French

Observer [UK]

The Uninvited is grade B entertainment that you probably won't find yourself too mad at. Not a bad way to pass the time. Lord knows we've all seen a lot worse. [Blu-Ray]

April 27, 2009 Full Review Source: Dread Central

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Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton

Dread Central

By the time the movie ends, you may feel cheated. (Blu-ray Edition)

April 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

The Uninvited is workmanlike and has a twist too many, but it's always entertaining and kept afloat by three game leading ladies and competent hands behind the camera.

April 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Digital Spy

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Simon Reynolds

Digital Spy

Unremarkable, unimaginative and unnecessary. Check out the superior original instead.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4

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Ali Catterall

Film4

Poor remake of the Korean thriller.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Kim Newman

Empire Magazine

As in the original, the film slyly manipulates the audience's perspective, and a brilliantly filmed climactic 'reveal' marks this British duo as a pair to watch.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

The Uninvited is a little too mild-mannered to please any but the most vanilla of horror fans.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Times [UK]

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Wendy Ide

Times [UK]

They are all just guests at a camp masked ball - poised to unveil themselves in a denouement that somehow manages to be more outlandish - and more comic - than all the bumps and rattles that went before.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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Xan Brooks

Guardian [UK]

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What hurts more to watch: a bad movie, or a below-average adaptation of a great movie? The Uninvited is a cliched piece of PG-13 horror shit from start to finish, with the faintest glimmers of Tale of Two Sisters' strengths peppered in between it all. Perhaps the film's only inspired choice was the casting of Emily

May 23, 2011

Drew Smith

Super Reviewer

Nothing happened. Then, after a time, nothing continued to happen. This movie is a really really slow build to a fairly novel twist ending. But I found myself sighing, tapping my foot and checking my watch while I was watching this movie, waiting for it to kick in. I really didn't give a toss about any of the

April 10, 2011