Yikes, or rather, yawn. Hokum factor – 10.
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04/24/09
The Uninvited (2009)
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Reviews Counted:122
Fresh:39
Rotten:83
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: The Uninvited is moody and reasonably involving, but suffers from predictable plot twists.
Theatrical Release:Jan 30, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $28,573,173
Synopsis: They say you can never go home again...because you never know when the ghosts of murders past are waiting to shatter the present. Such is the case in THE UNINVITED, an eerie and... [More]
Starring: Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn
Director: Guard Brothers
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Reviews for The Uninvited
The Uninvited is decently shot and acted but has a silly ending that negates most of what has gone before.
04/24/09
A Tale of Two Sisters creates a strong atmosphere of mystery, but never quite manages to fool us with all of the red herrings along the way.
04/24/09
Kim Jee-woon's creepy, ambiguous South Korean chiller A Tale of Sisters gets a straightforward and suspense-free Hollywood makeover here.
04/24/09
Beautifully shot, superbly acted and frequently creepy horror flick, though it's slightly spoiled by making one of its key twists too obvious early on.
04/23/09
The performances are pretty good but some of the characters aren't quite fleshed out.
04/22/09
Actually one of the best Asia-to-America adaptations since way back when The Ring (or was it The Grudge?) first got the ball rolling.
04/22/09
...slow and plodding and very, very familiar.
04/21/09
Punctuated by a crescendo of unoriginal set pieces designed to make you jump in your seat, but more likely to leave you groaning.
03/27/09
You might jump out of your seat once or twice, but many of the alleged scary scenes in this psychological horror/thriller are so cliched that they'll make you chuckle.
03/27/09
The good work done by the Guards earlier in the picture -- continual layering of one new level of mystique upon another -- is tainted by a sudden desperation to explain away everything with several clumsy flashbacks.
03/27/09
This is a teenage horror film made with efficiency, as if that was enough. It's as mechanical as a train set and that's what good horror can't be.
03/27/09
Thanks to a pair of talented actresses, The Uninvited is intriguing for almost an hour and a half. The ending is a convoluted letdown, but I have to admit I didn't guess the twist.
03/27/09
The direction is by the Guard Brothers, Charles and Thomas, Brits making their first feature -- and they’ve done a pretty slick job.
03/27/09
A standard supernatural thriller, carefully and thoughtfully crafted with little sign of cheap gore, about two sisters coping with the death of their mother and the arrival of Dad's new girlfriend.
03/25/09
Apart from excellent performances, there is little to recommend The Uninvited, not even great ghoulish effects.
03/20/09
It's hard to believe it took two directors, British brothers Charles and Thomas Guard, and three screenwriters to make this vapid remake of... [the] insidiously unnerving A Tale of Two Sisters/Janghwa, Hongryeon (2003).
03/01/09
What stands out about the production above all else is the quality of the casting.
02/15/09
Preteen girls looking for slumber-party DVD rentals probably represent the film's ideal audience.
02/13/09
What a nice surprise! A mind-bending, intelligent PG-13 (a remake of an Asian movie, yet!) thriller that's well worth seeing. 'The Uninvited' has great atmosphere, fine performances and nice twist ending.
02/08/09
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