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The Grudge (2004)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 3/08

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3/08: So, that's it?

The Grudge is basically The Ring meets The Amityville Horror. Sarah Michelle Gellar is too old for the part as she looks closer to a 40-year-old mother than a 21-year-old college student.

I'm unable to get used to the idea of Americans cast in a film that happens to take place in Japan. So, why not make The Grudge with an all-Japanese cast? Most of the scare-'em effects fall flat because I can see them coming a mile away. Speaking of the haunted house, why not burn it down?

All in all, The Grudge has the feel of "all right everybody, let's go...there's nothing to see here."