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Hey guys, did a search and couldn't find a review for The Grudge, so here's mine.
Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as Karen. Approx running time, 90 mins.
Based on the Japanese movie of the same title, and by the same director, The Grudge follows Karen, an exchange student volunteering for a care center in Tokyo, Japan.
During one of Karen's off days, she swings by the care center to find that she is needed to take care of a client for the day due to the fact that the regular care giver is nowhere to be found. After being given directions to the house, Karen arrives and shortly after setting foot in the house feels an odd presence there with her. The patient is found to be resting, she does the normal job, cleans her up, the proceeds to clean the house making her way to the second story. She enters a room and notices that a closet has been taped shut. She hears a cat and un-tapes the closet doors and opens it to find a little boy, and his cat.
The story continues and we find out that this house has been cursed by one of its former tenants, a woman killed in rage. This curse comes to anyone who enters the house and ultimately leads to their death.
My take on The Grudge. While I have not seen the Japanese version, the simple fact that this was done by the same director leads me to believe that both the American and Japanese version are fairly similar.
What took:
The film delivered its vengeance upon those who entered the house very quickly, and with a flashback for each death, we find out why what happened happened, and how it happened. At first, the opening scene leaves you wondering why, it is explained farther on in the movie. Sarah Michelle Gellar, not one of my favorites, but she her acting wasn't terrible.
What fizzled:
While the film is something that'll scare the sh*t out of you, it doesn't have much depth. We find out little about the cursed woman, and her family. A few of the other characters are left with not much of a history as well, these are both small in comparison to the rest of the film.
While it's not a masterpiece by any means, The Grudge will remain a great thriller for some time.
I saw close resemblance to The Ring, and Darkness Falls in The Grudge, you'll see what I mean once you see the movie.
I give it 3½/5. Don't let this bother you though, it's worth seeing, and could quite possibly give you nightmares.
Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as Karen. Approx running time, 90 mins.
Based on the Japanese movie of the same title, and by the same director, The Grudge follows Karen, an exchange student volunteering for a care center in Tokyo, Japan.
During one of Karen's off days, she swings by the care center to find that she is needed to take care of a client for the day due to the fact that the regular care giver is nowhere to be found. After being given directions to the house, Karen arrives and shortly after setting foot in the house feels an odd presence there with her. The patient is found to be resting, she does the normal job, cleans her up, the proceeds to clean the house making her way to the second story. She enters a room and notices that a closet has been taped shut. She hears a cat and un-tapes the closet doors and opens it to find a little boy, and his cat.
The story continues and we find out that this house has been cursed by one of its former tenants, a woman killed in rage. This curse comes to anyone who enters the house and ultimately leads to their death.
My take on The Grudge. While I have not seen the Japanese version, the simple fact that this was done by the same director leads me to believe that both the American and Japanese version are fairly similar.
What took:
The film delivered its vengeance upon those who entered the house very quickly, and with a flashback for each death, we find out why what happened happened, and how it happened. At first, the opening scene leaves you wondering why, it is explained farther on in the movie. Sarah Michelle Gellar, not one of my favorites, but she her acting wasn't terrible.
What fizzled:
While the film is something that'll scare the sh*t out of you, it doesn't have much depth. We find out little about the cursed woman, and her family. A few of the other characters are left with not much of a history as well, these are both small in comparison to the rest of the film.
While it's not a masterpiece by any means, The Grudge will remain a great thriller for some time.
I saw close resemblance to The Ring, and Darkness Falls in The Grudge, you'll see what I mean once you see the movie.
I give it 3½/5. Don't let this bother you though, it's worth seeing, and could quite possibly give you nightmares.
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"I was walking down the street with my friend and he said, "I hear music", as if there is any other way you can take it in. You're not special, that's how I receive it too. I tried to taste it but it did not work." - Mitch Hedberg
when I saw it. But more 
because it was not what I hoped. But it made me 
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