The Uninvited
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: January 30, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
12
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Washington PostMike Mayo
Experienced horror fans will probably stay one step ahead of the game, but it's still a nice ride. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
The film is still cheesy rather than deliciously scary. It never really generates sustained suspense. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
The result is a middling Frankenstein-like hybrid of spectral mayhem and murder mystery, constructed entirely out of borrowed parts. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
The first Hollywood horror flick I've seen that seems like it was made specifically for 12-year-olds. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
The main problem with The Uninvited lies in its refusal to decide just what movie it wants to be a commercial for. It certainly doesn’t have much in common with "A Tale of Two Sisters," the creepy Korean horror film of which it is supposedly a remake. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle Smith
The horror flick The Uninvited is not unclever - but it is unoriginal. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis Harvey
Weak even by the standard of uninspired recent Asian-horror remakes, The Uninvited is more likely to induce snickers and yawns than shudders and yelps. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Yeah, this is pretty much your classic been-there, done-that scenario: evil stepmother, clueless father, imperiled teen. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The plot borrows as freely from Hitchcock and Henry James as from the Bard of Avon, and doesn't make scrupulous sense, though I'd have to see the film again, which I won't do, to make sure it doesn't cheat. Read full review
40
SalonStephanie Zacharek
As is generally the case with Hollywood movies that use Asian horror films as their inspiration, the Guard brothers seem to have glanced at the original, borrowed a few images and then made the movie according to some preconceived template of what makes audiences jump -- instead of burrowing into the stuff that haunts our dreams. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Once spoiled by the gossamer disquietude of Kim Jee-woon's original Tale, it's difficult to view this Americanized version in anything but the blandest light. Read full review
40
EmpireKim Newman
Poor remake of the Korean thriller. Read full review
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