The Grudge 2
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: October 13, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
11
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
Entertainment WeeklyScott Brown
Once again, we're treated to loosely aligned scenes of half-formed characters getting a faceful of director Takashi Shimizu's croaking, implacable, and, yes, still scary housewife-geist. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Generating gore-free unease through sound effects and scary faces is the specialty of director Takashi Shimizu, who helmed the original series (known in Japan as Ju-On). He creates some unsettling moments here, particularly a well-staged scene involving a body under the sheets and a man in a shower, but the evil ghost itself is a predictable, one-trick pony. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
While The Grudge 2 feels like a second-generation copy - a little faded, with less impact than the first - there are still plenty of moments that will linger in your nightmares. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
There are fun distractions, but it's easy to focus on the flaws. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jason Anderson
Those ghosts might want to find a new vocation, because their work here is done. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
While the film deserves some credit for creating and sustaining a creepy atmosphere, it doesn't matter much when the plot doesn't go anywhere, and here, it winds toward the most arbitrary, nonsensical final scene in recent memory. But, hey, they're ghosts. They can do some pretty crazy shit. Read full review
40
VarietyPeter Debruge
Story is incidental here, as auds merely anticipate the scares. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Puberty causes an exponential increase in evil -- and in incoherence -- in The Grudge 2. Read full review
40
Washington PostStephen Hunter
A movie so bewildering and impenetrable that I believe it siphoned off a good 40 IQ points. Read full review
40
EmpireAngie Errigo
Despite some nifty Japanese style tricks and ghostly illusions this isn't scary. It's muddled, same-old mayhem, just with a more international cast going crazy. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMichael Ordona
This is not the cool, eerie déjà vu, but the "Hey, isn't that exactly what happened in the first movie?" déjà vu. Read full review
38
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The film pulls off a couple of "gotchas!", but the subtle creepiness of its predecessors is gone, replaced by a sense of numbing predictability. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The most popular facial expression for victims in The Grudge 2 is something I'd like to call "deep befuddlement." This time "deep befuddlement" goes double for paying customers. Read full review
20
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
The same problems that plagued the original are on display here. Most notably, the lack of any coherent plot. Lots of creepy kids jump out at us, but these scenes are never satisfactorily meshed into the story itself. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Americans are befuddled by the inexplicable, and they demand explanations. With The Grudge 2 Shimizu delivers them and thus defangs the horror, leaving us in a well-lit room, pining for the shadows. Read full review
0
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Utter junk. Read full review
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