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The Uninvited (2009)

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Average Rating: 4.5/10
Reviews Counted: 127
Fresh: 40 | Rotten: 87

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

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 15

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

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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

Apr 28, 2009

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All Critics (127) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (87) | DVD (13)

An effective blend of thriller and horror.

May 13, 2009 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel
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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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The Uninvited may strike even viewers who don't know the original as disarmingly familiar.

February 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Time Out New York
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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 | Comment (1)
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In truth it's just a gimmicky thriller that doesn't play fair with the audience.

January 30, 2009
Hollywood Reporter
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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 | Comment (1)
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The only genuinely startling moments come via the deafening sound effects that accompany a large roast hitting the floor and Anna scraping metal hangers along a clothing rack.

February 15, 2013 Full Review Source: Georgia Straight

It's not original, it's not especially clever and the twist won't make you want to watch it again, but hey - at least it wasn't The Unborn.

September 29, 2012 Full Review Source: TheShiznit.co.uk
TheShiznit.co.uk

The Uninvited may strike even viewers who don't know the original as disarmingly familiar.

April 20, 2012 Full Review Source: Time Out Chicago
Time Out Chicago

This is one of those "gotcha!" movies where nothing you see can be believed.

April 4, 2011 Full Review Source: Movies.com
Movies.com

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 | Comment (1)
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 | Comment (1)
CinePassion

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
BET.com

A mild improvement over its nigh unwatchable predecessor...

May 12, 2009 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment (1)
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
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) | Comment (1)
Sunday Times (UK)

It is less bloody and less ambiguous than the original.

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

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 | Comment (1)
Digital Spy

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

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4

Poor remake of the Korean thriller.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment (1)
Empire Magazine

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]
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]
Guardian [UK]

Like its own Asian source, this movie has a big and elaborately planted twist up its sleeve, but this time around it leaves us feeling tricked and underwhelmed -- horror primly behaving itself as a peekaboo exercise in misdirection.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph

There should be enough to keep the teen audience the film is clearly targeted at on their toes, although aficionados of the genre will no doubt be bored to death.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Sky Movies
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Audience Reviews for The Uninvited

Wastes two very good performers, Elizabeth Banks and David Strathairn, in a murky silly wannabe thriller.
May 4, 2009
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The Uninvited relies too heavily on cheesy dialogue, and jump scares to really be that frightening. It's predictable and unimaginative plot are silly, but the actors really do try their best with the material they are given. But alas, they can't save this mess. My friends and I saw the ending coming half-way through the film. This was an uninvited entry into the horror movie genre.
September 24, 2012
Raymond Wieser

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    1. Matt: I love you. I have a condom.
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