The Ring
DreamWorks Distribution | Release Date: October 18, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
19
Mixed:
13
Negative:
4
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38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
I hated it, but I grant that it does tap into a vein of technological horror - the fear of the VCR! - that will have young videophiles chatting it up for weeks Read full review
30
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Requiring an enormous amount of suspended disbelief, the original Rings may be a culture-specific phenom; despite strenuous efforts to Americanize Nakata's field of bad dreams, the preview audience did a lot of cackling. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Won't kill you, but it could bore you half to death.
30
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
It's an utter waste of Watts; there's not a trace here of the talent on display in Mulholland Drive, perhaps because the script doesn't bother to give her a character. Read full review
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