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November 13, 2004
Review: "The Grudge" (3 moose)
I just got back from watching "The Grudge" with Sarah Michelle Gellar. It's the story of a house haunted by evil spirits that are driven by an anger-driven tragedy...and what happens to anyone who enters the abode...
Overall I'd say it was a well done horror picture, but I found two things lacking.
Stop here if you haven't seen it and plan on doing so...
Well, not that I'm really going to spoil it...
First of all, I don't go for movies where all the "good guys" die (or just one is left standing). That's strike one.
Second, the ending is really lame. I realize this was based on a Japanese movie, but I wonder if it was originally written by a French-influenced native of Japan :-)
(Some time I might tell you about a French movie my wife once watched about a guy and a truck of nitroglycerin. Wait, I'll do it now. Guy spends the whole movie precariously driving a shipment of nitroglycerin to its destination -- finally succeeding.
Then, he drives off a cliff.)
If it weren't for the lame ending, I'd probably give "The Grudge" 3.5 to 4 moose out of 5 -- but instead it gets only 3...
(You can catch a trailer and more at ifilm.com.)
Posted by alan at November 13, 2004 9:43 PM
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