The Grudge Reviews
November 6, 2004
Full Review
| Original Score: 1.5/4
November 6, 2004
OH NO!!! Not AGAIN!!!
Original Score: 1.5/5
November 6, 2004
Generally speaking, I like a little more plot with my 'Boo!' moments.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2/4
November 6, 2004
Full Review
| Original Score: 2.5/5
November 6, 2004
Despite a few effective scares, this new Grudge never really generates the right amount of tension.
November 6, 2004
A visually interesting but fatally underwhelming horror film, cynically devised to avoid taxing the intellect of anyone on a third-grade reading level.
Original Score: 1.5/4
November 4, 2004
A haunted house that leaves you feeling less than spooked and more than a little ripped off.... It's Ghost Story 101.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
November 2, 2004
This American remake... has a kind of watered down feel to it, as if it were just a necessary step to be taken in a long series of events.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
November 2, 2004
I've seen Pokemon movies that are scarier.
November 1, 2004
Japanese cult chiller remake isn't your usual Hollywood horror flick, but it also isn't very good.
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| Original Score: 2/5
November 1, 2004
"The Grudge" is soulless, half-baked sludge that should have gone straight to video.
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| Original Score: D-
October 30, 2004
The Grudge lacks a premise. There are no rules, just scares and nothing else, and when the bottom drops out, there's nowhere to fall
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
October 27, 2004
Ju-On's success rested in its powerful atmosphere... yet that aura only presents itself sporadically in the Yankee Grudge.
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| Original Score: 2/4
October 27, 2004
A nonstop parade of nonsensical doings that makes you suspect most of the characters don't have two brain cells to rub together.
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| Original Score: 1.5/5
October 26, 2004
The Grudge is so amazing to look at that some might even be able to forgive the fact that the plot never kicks into gear. But I cannot.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
October 26, 2004
It's no more impressive than hiding in the dark and shouting 'Boo!' when someone walks into a room.
October 26, 2004
The Grudge isn't nearly as scary as the upcoming election.
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| Original Score: 3/10
October 26, 2004
Without payoff, alluring buildup isn't worth much.
October 26, 2004
Many a movie has gone before the camera before the script was finished. The Grudge went before the camera before the outline of the script was finished.
Original Score: 1.5/4
October 26, 2004
Those who've seen Shimizu's creepy original aren't likely to be impressed...
Original Score: 2.5/4