A nearly bloodless and scare-free exercise in futility, jumping from scene to scene with very little continuity and even less comprehension of the concept of true fear.
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07/21/04
Ju-On: The Grudge (2004)
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Reviews Counted:68
Fresh:38
Rotten:30
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: The film grows more repetitive as it goes on, and as a result, the scares lessen.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: A volunteer home care worker, Nishina Rika (Megumi Okina), enters the home of a bed-ridden patient and discovers a strange ghostly presence lurking behind a door sealed with duct tape. Her... [More]
Starring: Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Euhara, Yui Ichikawa
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Reviews for Ju-On: The Grudge
Performs the ratchet-release- repeat trick with such metronomic efficiency that it gathers the force of a hallucinatory incantation.
07/20/04
I haven't been this frightened during a movie since 'The Others.'
07/19/04
A fraca premissa leva o filme a se tornar repetitivo – e, embora consiga provocar uma certa dose de tensão, o diretor se sai melhor ao brincar com a cronologia das histórias.
07/18/04
more "the drudge" than "the grudge"...
07/15/04
A wannabe scarefest that hides its lack of originality beneath a deliberately discombobulating structure.
07/07/04
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07/03/04
A collection of effectively scary sights and sounds -- sound effects play a huge part in rolling that chill down your spine -- and that's about it.
07/03/04
JU-ON is a success when it comes to creeping out the audience. That said, there are problems -- mostly redundance.
06/29/04
Una buena mezcla de efectos sonoros y de ambiente de miedo.
06/27/04
One could say Shimizu begrudges historical perspective in favor of pandering to a hip audience’s short-attention spans.
05/31/04
Call it culture-clash if you must, but boredom is a universal language...and much of The Grudge bored me.
04/06/04
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