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Movie ID: 782
RT slug: the_grudge_2020
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_grudge_2020
Release year: 2020
Runtime: 94 mins
Wide release date: 2020-01-03
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: —
Tomatometer final: 20%
Audience score final: —
Genres: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Directors: Nicolas Pesce
Writers: Nicolas Pesce
Producers: Rob Tapert, Sam Raimi, Taka Ichise
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-06-16 21:11:03
Updated: 2026-06-16 21:11:03
A detective investigates a murder scene connected to a cursed house, where a vengeful ghost dooms anyone who enters.
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Canonical reviews: 128
Canonical fresh: 26
Canonical rotten: 102
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 20%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-06-16 15:28:08
Snapshot Tomatometer: 20%
Snapshot review count: 128
Snapshot fresh count: 26
Snapshot rotten count: 102
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #1364 (full_snapshot)
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| 1 | Andrea Riseborough | Detective Muldoon |
| 2 | Demián Bichir | Goodman |
| 3 | John Cho | Peter Spencer |
| 4 | Betty Gilpin | Nina Spencer |
| 5 | William Sadler | Detective Wilson |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176865 | Bryce Hanson | Horror Movie Talk | Fresh | 6/10 | 2025-09-18T20:01:28Z | 2025-09-18 20:01:28 | This is definitely a one trick pony though. Along the lines of The Conjuring movies, it’s more of a vehicle for jump scares. Some of the scares are effective, but they are generally pretty sparse until the end. |
| 176866 | Manuel São Bento | MSB Reviews (Ghost.io) | Rotten | D | 2023-07-24T17:14:43Z | 2023-07-24 17:14:43 | Its lack of surprising features, the extremely predictable jumpscares, and the complete disregard for the audience, treating the viewers like the dumbest people ever, make The Grudge one of the worst horror films of the last few years. |
| 176867 | Paul Lê | Tales from the Paulside | Rotten | 1/5 | 2023-07-20T15:40:59Z | 2023-07-20 15:40:59 | Perhaps the greatest horror here is seeing a director’s talent be so misused. |
| 176868 | Keith Garlington | Keith & the Movies | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2022-08-21T05:30:05Z | 2022-08-21 05:30:05 | It ends up being an aggressively middle of the road movie and the kind we’ve come to expect in early January. |
| 176869 | Cris Kennedy | The Canberra Times (Australia) | Rotten | 1/5 | 2022-08-17T17:43:15Z | 2022-08-17 17:43:15 | That's a lot of characters to introduce, find some nugget of personality for the audience to connect to, and then dispose of. |
| 176870 | Brian Eggert | Deep Focus Review | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2022-02-22T03:54:44Z | 2022-02-22 03:54:44 | The Grudge is another in a long line of Hollywood's ill-advised attempts to adapt a culturally-specific strain of horror for Western audiences. |
| 176871 | Salome Gonstad | Comic Years | Rotten | — | 2021-08-05T05:00:20Z | 2021-08-05 05:00:20 | ...despite the impressive gore, this just isn't a scary movie. It's a slow one that turns plodding after too long. It plays like someone tried to make It Follows and then stuffed it with millennial horror tropes. |
| 176872 | Olly Richards | NME (New Musical Express) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-04-29T00:00:49Z | 2021-04-29 00:00:49 | The cliché-stuffed remake has zero new ideas to scare us with. |
| 176873 | EJ Moreno | EJ Moreno | Rotten | — | 2021-03-02T05:50:13Z | 2021-03-02 05:50:13 | Not often that you're hit with a film so lost in its madness yet so dull to watch. The best type of bad movies are fun ones to watch, and this is not that. |
| 176874 | Trace Thurman | Horror Queers Podcast | Fresh | 2.5/5 | 2020-12-30T17:41:27Z | 2020-12-30 17:41:27 | A nasty piece of work that would have been a lot better if it didn't feel so hacked to bits. |
| 176875 | Emma Wolfe | SpookyAstronauts | Rotten | 4/10 | 2020-10-13T22:02:13Z | 2020-10-13 22:02:13 | The issue with this film is it's all over the place... I just don't know why they made it so complicated unless they were gonna tie something else in. |
| 176876 | James Marsh | South China Morning Post | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-08-14T04:01:16Z | 2020-08-14 04:01:16 | Pesce's film lacks anything discernibly Shimizu-esque. Individual moments of tension materialise, only to be undercut by noisy jump scares or needlessly flashy visuals. |
| 176877 | Scott Weinberg | Thrillist | Fresh | — | 2020-08-07T13:01:09Z | 2020-08-07 13:01:09 | Wanders a bit too far from the franchise's established beats for its own good, but there's still some good stuff here for horror fans. |
| 176878 | Carla Hay | Culture Mix | Rotten | — | 2020-07-12T04:40:58Z | 2020-07-12 04:40:58 | Unfortunately, the 2020 version of The Grudge is an example of a remake that should not have attempted a comeback. |
| 176879 | Allen Almachar | The MacGuffin | Rotten | D | 2020-07-08T06:31:10Z | 2020-07-08 06:31:10 | I wish I could tell you that this latest iteration of The Grudge is a good version of this story, but I don't want to lie to you. |
| 176880 | Ryan Larson | Ghastly Grinning | Fresh | — | 2020-06-24T21:21:36Z | 2020-06-24 21:21:36 | It's a throwback to an era not far removed but mostly swept under the rug. The Grudge is a vicious update to a genre staple, it's not groundbreaking, but it's a got enough shock, awe and chills to keep you entertained. |
| 176881 | Andy Crump | Paste Magazine | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2020-03-26T15:10:46Z | 2020-03-26 15:10:46 | Each thread could have functioned as a standalone film about the terrible consequences of presuming safety in a world menaced by invisible dangers. |
| 176882 | Allison Rose | FlickDirect | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2020-03-23T15:00:25Z | 2020-03-23 15:00:25 | The jump scares are spot on and the level of gore produced by the makeup artists is truly horrifying. |
| 176883 | Bob Chipman | Escapist Magazine | Rotten | 4/10 | 2020-03-22T10:10:21Z | 2020-03-22 10:10:21 | The dramatic payoff to the buy-in of all this bleak seriousness never really amounts to anything and it makes the viewing kind of a chore. |
| 176884 | Charles Bramesco | Inside Hook | Rotten | — | 2020-03-11T22:11:46Z | 2020-03-11 22:11:46 | ...we're suffering from a dearth of true boogeymen, the figures that loom in our shared pop-cultural nightmares. It's the faces that stay with us. |
| 176885 | Sean Chandler | Sean Chandler Talks About | Rotten | D | 2020-03-11T18:22:07Z | 2020-03-11 18:22:07 | An instant front runner for worst movie of the year. |
| 176886 | John Squires | Freddy in Space | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-03-09T16:11:09Z | 2020-03-09 16:11:09 | Perhaps all this one needed to be was better than the 2004 film. And indeed it very much is. |
| 176887 | Megan Williams | Battle Royale With Cheese | Rotten | — | 2020-02-18T12:50:08Z | 2020-02-18 12:50:08 | 'The Grudge (2020)' is a complete misfire in every aspect possible. While it features some fantastic actors, the cast did their best with what little they were given... |
| 176888 | Linda Cook | Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | Rotten | 1/4 | 2020-02-16T08:00:19Z | 2020-02-16 08:00:19 | Here's the first 'January junk' offering. |
| 176889 | Dan Scully | Cinema76 | Rotten | — | 2020-02-16T01:50:14Z | 2020-02-16 01:50:14 | As a fascination, I'd say it's worth seeing, but as a piece of spooky entertainment, you could do much better. |
| 176890 | Fernando Alvarez | Clarín | Rotten | — | 2020-02-13T19:46:32Z | 2020-02-13 19:46:32 | Everything's been seen before and better. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 176891 | María Fernanda Mugica | La Nación (Argentina) | Rotten | — | 2020-02-13T16:30:42Z | 2020-02-13 16:30:42 | The most disappointing aspect of The Grudge is that it wastes its talented cast. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 176892 | Deirdre Molumby | entertainment.ie | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-02-12T15:10:29Z | 2020-02-12 15:10:29 | Satisfactorily spine-chilling and macabre while not quite terrifying |
| 176893 | Tony Baker | Tony Baker Comedy | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2020-02-06T20:21:56Z | 2020-02-06 20:21:56 | I didn't like the time jumps. Just tell us the story in a linear fashion. |
| 176894 | Leigh Paatsch | Herald Sun (Australia) | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2020-02-06T19:51:46Z | 2020-02-06 19:51:46 | The first hour does meander while an ominous mood is established. Then the final act suddenly gets all bashy and crashy, with too many jump scares positioned too close together. |
| 176895 | Vicky Roach | Daily Telegraph (Australia) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-02-03T18:21:29Z | 2020-02-03 18:21:29 | If the devil is in the detail, then that's exactly what this half-hearted horror reboot is missing. |
| 176896 | Graeme Tuckett | The Post NZ | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2020-01-31T00:11:57Z | 2020-01-31 00:11:57 | An example of some quite startlingly good film-making. |
| 176897 | Sandra Hall | Sydney Morning Herald | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-01-30T17:51:08Z | 2020-01-30 17:51:08 | Pesce has hired some fine actors and squandered them on a plot that isn't ingenious enough to justify the heartlessness that's all part of the package at this end of the horror movie market. |
| 176898 | Joey Keogh | Wicked Horror | Rotten | — | 2020-01-30T16:00:54Z | 2020-01-30 16:00:54 | Scattershot, tonally all over the place - attempts at jokes jar maddeningly with the film's otherwise bleak atmosphere - and yet completely, utterly, deadeningly boring |
| 176899 | Clarisse Loughrey | Independent (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-01-30T11:30:28Z | 2020-01-30 11:30:28 | The Grudge could have been something much more than just another notch in a never-ending franchise. As it is, the film is exactly as competent as it needs to be. |
| 176900 | James Perkins | Starburst | Rotten | 4/10 | 2020-01-29T20:02:12Z | 2020-01-29 20:02:12 | With a weak script, dull characters and predictable scares, The Grudge fails to deliver a truly memorable western adaptation of the Japanese classic and instead is something that just isn't scary. |
| 176901 | Heather Wixson | Daily Dead | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2020-01-29T08:20:34Z | 2020-01-29 08:20:34 | Pesce gives us everything by way of standard Grudge fare, but he also sidesteps genre fans' expectations by digging even deeper here with this latest Grudge project. |
| 176902 | Paul Whitington | Irish Independent | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-01-27T16:20:41Z | 2020-01-27 16:20:41 | It's not particularly frightening, but it sure is depressing. |
| 176903 | Shaun Munro | Flickering Myth | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2020-01-27T11:10:18Z | 2020-01-27 11:10:18 | Not merely content to be an atmosphere-devoid horror reboot that few were pining for, The Grudge strands a wildly over-qualified cast in a misfire that's also staggeringly dull. |
| 176904 | Matthew Bond | The Mail on Sunday (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-01-26T23:10:42Z | 2020-01-26 23:10:42 | [T]he film probably delivers sufficient jump-scares for a young audience, despite a rather predictable ending. |
| 176905 | Wendy Ide | Observer (UK) | Rotten | 3/5 | 2020-01-26T17:50:50Z | 2020-01-26 17:50:50 | There is little that sets this apart from the earlier films. |
| 176906 | David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews | Rotten | 2/4 | 2020-01-26T14:30:17Z | 2020-01-26 14:30:17 | ...a disappointingly misguided entry within a perpetually erratic franchise. |
| 176907 | Daniel Goodwin | HeyUGuys | Rotten | 1/5 | 2020-01-24T18:51:40Z | 2020-01-24 18:51:40 | Hammy acting and trite dialogue don't help this tepid subgenre re-tread of Shimizu's original. |
| 176908 | Cath Clarke | Guardian | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-01-24T12:20:28Z | 2020-01-24 12:20:28 | Forget about chilling to the bone, The Grudge barely drops below room temperature. |
| 176909 | Katherine McLaughlin | The List | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-01-24T12:20:27Z | 2020-01-24 12:20:27 | Never adds up to anything more than an underwhelming horror, leaning on too many basic jump scares. |
| 176910 | Kevin Maher | The Times (UK) | Rotten | 1/5 | 2020-01-24T06:30:39Z | 2020-01-24 06:30:39 | We shouldn't have to put up with the barrel-scraping inadequacies of "creak, creak, creak, screamy face!" any more. So don't. |
| 176911 | Brian Viner | Daily Mail (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-01-24T05:40:33Z | 2020-01-24 05:40:33 | [W]riter-director Nicolas Pesce keeps his film creaking and shrieking along within a taut 94 minutes, filling it with some disagreeable images even by the standards of the genre. |
| 176912 | Charlotte O'Sullivan | London Evening Standard | Rotten | 1/5 | 2020-01-24T03:01:23Z | 2020-01-24 03:01:23 | Trapped in a pile of garbage: I'm sure the cast of The Grudge know how that feels. |
| 176913 | Adam Sweeting | The Arts Desk | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-01-23T21:41:34Z | 2020-01-23 21:41:34 | The satanic bath full of black water containing unknown monstrosities becomes merely comical. |
| 176914 | John Byrne | RTÉ (Ireland) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2020-01-23T19:21:11Z | 2020-01-23 19:21:11 | [D]espite it being highly derivative, it was also very enjoyable in a blood-soaked Scooby-Doo kind of way, with lots of look out behind you and jump-scary moments. |
| 176915 | Amon Warmann | Empire Magazine | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-01-23T15:30:51Z | 2020-01-23 15:30:51 | A generic but competent reboot-quel enlivened by good performances across the board and some stylish direction. No grudges need be held here, but maybe it's time to put this franchise to bed. |
| 176916 | Tim Robey | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-01-23T15:30:50Z | 2020-01-23 15:30:50 | This new reboot (of sorts) sidles up like the return of a lingering bad smell, reminding you that there's something nasty behind the wardrobe you really ought to sort out. |
| 176917 | Chris Hunneysett | Daily Mirror (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-01-22T20:21:18Z | 2020-01-22 20:21:18 | borderline competent |
| 176918 | Oggs Cruz | Rappler | Rotten | — | 2020-01-21T17:41:20Z | 2020-01-21 17:41:20 | The film badly needs an edge, one that isn't borrowed from a film from more than a decade ago. |
| 176919 | Matt Brunson | Film Frenzy | Rotten | 1/4 | 2020-01-18T23:10:45Z | 2020-01-18 23:10:45 | The Grudge became just the 20th film since CinemaScore's inception in 1979 to earn an "F" designation. That's actually appropriate, since the movie itself is nothing if not a big "F you" to everyone who paid to see it. |
| 176920 | Lisa Laman | The Spool | Rotten | — | 2020-01-16T16:20:28Z | 2020-01-16 16:20:28 | Why is The Grudge under the mistaken impression that relentlessly bobbing the camera around like an energetic marionette will make un-scary visuals intrinsically frightening? |
| 176921 | Alci Rengifo | Entertainment Voice | Rotten | — | 2020-01-14T16:10:23Z | 2020-01-14 16:10:23 | When the end credits roll after a depressingly pessimistic conclusion, "The Grudge" only inspires the question of why it deserved to be made. |
| 176922 | Korey Coleman | Double Toasted | Rotten | — | 2020-01-13T23:11:24Z | 2020-01-13 23:11:24 | You could've had the creep factor, something that really stuck with them, you had mood and atmosphere...and you even had a great mythology to play with, and you made a boring thing with it. |
| 176923 | Walter Chaw | Film Freak Central | Fresh | 3/4 | 2020-01-13T22:21:09Z | 2020-01-13 22:21:09 | I've seen films more gory and violent than The Grudge, but I haven't seen very many that are more brutal. |
| 176924 | Andrea Chase | Killer Movie Reviews | Rotten | 1/5 | 2020-01-13T05:30:29Z | 2020-01-13 05:30:29 | Verges on the edge of becoming a parody of itself, and not a good one |
| 176925 | Tim Brayton | Alternate Ending | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-01-13T04:40:26Z | 2020-01-13 04:40:26 | Too dated to be interesting, certainly too dated to be in the least bit frightening, though it's good for a few jump scares. |
| 176926 | Chris Sawin | Bounding Into Comics | Rotten | 1.5/10 | 2020-01-13T01:40:19Z | 2020-01-13 01:40:19 | Bellow out one last sorrowful Death Rattle/Grudge-gurgle, this is the franchise flat lining without so much as a whimper. |
| 176927 | Chris Knight | National Post | Fresh | — | 2020-01-11T01:41:39Z | 2020-01-11 01:41:39 | Come what may, I can confidently predict that The Grudge will be the best movie of the decade - at least, until another movie opens. |
| 176928 | Dan Tabor | Cinapse | Rotten | — | 2020-01-10T17:26:50Z | 2020-01-10 17:26:50 | The Grudge isn't great but it's not terrible either, the makings of a good film is there just below the surface, only it feels incomplete. |
| 176929 | Richard Whittaker | Austin Chronicle | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-01-09T21:41:49Z | 2020-01-09 21:41:49 | Some fans of the franchise may be aggrieved that he does little with the original Japanese ghosts, but in his version, the curse is what's important. It is rage against dying, against an unfair universe, and so it is self-propagating. |
| 176930 | Allen Adams | The Maine Edge | Rotten | 1/5 | 2020-01-09T15:00:23Z | 2020-01-09 15:00:23 | Ultimately, the biggest issue with The Grudge is that it isn't scary. Or fun. Or remotely interesting. |
| 176931 | Nguyên Lê | The Young Folks | Rotten | 2/10 | 2020-01-08T23:31:06Z | 2020-01-08 23:31:06 | The ochre tint that brings the grime. Gore seems galore. R from the MPAA. The "R" in the title is reddened. What a campaign to prove that everything will crumble in the face of Takashi Shimizu's (two for-U.S.) works. |
| 176932 | Kevin L. Lee | Film Inquiry | Rotten | — | 2020-01-08T23:11:09Z | 2020-01-08 23:11:09 | This Grudge is not good. I've seen it done worse, but I've also seen it done a lot better. It perfectly demonstrates that these spirits are terrifying enough to be kept alive on screen, but the writers are too afraid to write any new material. |
| 176933 | Edwin Arnaudin | Asheville Movies | Rotten | 1/5 | 2020-01-08T22:41:13Z | 2020-01-08 22:41:13 | If any horror film characters deserve to die gruesome deaths, it's these idiots. |
| 176934 | Sara Michelle Fetters | MovieFreak.com | Rotten | 2/4 | 2020-01-08T05:20:37Z | 2020-01-08 05:20:37 | It is a pity that the whole thing goes so obnoxiously off the rails just as it's building to a conclusion. |
| 176935 | Katie Rife | AV Club | Rotten | C | 2020-01-07T22:00:41Z | 2020-01-07 22:00:41 | [W]hile John Cho is a welcome addition to any film, the biting shot that wraps up his storyline doesn't wholly compensate for its mushy buildup. |
| 176936 | Jackie K. Cooper | jackiekcooper.com | Rotten | 4/10 | 2020-01-07T01:41:55Z | 2020-01-07 01:41:55 | A modicum of suspense and thrills can't wash away the errors in the script and in the performances. John Cho, Jacki Weaver, Demian Bichir - what are you doing in this movie? |
| 176937 | Kristen Lopez | Culturess | Rotten | — | 2020-01-06T15:50:41Z | 2020-01-06 15:50:41 | At 93 minutes, what is perceived as a slow burn is drawn out and painfully dull. The Grudge is another remake no one asked for, and the characters imply that as well. |
| 176938 | Jeremy Jahns | JeremyJahns.com | Rotten | — | 2020-01-06T15:10:36Z | 2020-01-06 15:10:36 | A really sloppy movie that comes across as just boring. |
| 176939 | Jeffrey M. Anderson | Common Sense Media | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-01-05T16:50:29Z | 2020-01-05 16:50:29 | A curiously talented and interesting cast was somehow lured into -- and subsequently wasted in -- this pointless, tired, reboot/revival of the long-running Ju-On Japanese-based horror series. |
| 176940 | Clark Collis | Entertainment Weekly | Fresh | B- | 2020-01-05T14:30:17Z | 2020-01-05 14:30:17 | The real asset here - as well as the movie's main likely problem for many viewers - is its bleak tone. |
| 176941 | Molly Henery | The Blogging Banshee | Rotten | 3/10 | 2020-01-04T20:21:20Z | 2020-01-04 20:21:20 | The Grudge lacks a solid mythos to build a terrifying story, resulting in a slow and lackluster start to 2020. |
| 176942 | Nate Adams | The Only Critic | Rotten | D+ | 2020-01-04T19:40:18Z | 2020-01-04 19:40:18 | The irony about "The Grudge" is how its main narrative revolves around a spirit who can't seem to let go of the past, and I chuckle because apparently Sony can't either. |
| 176943 | Eric Eisenberg | CinemaBlend | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-01-04T17:10:10Z | 2020-01-04 17:10:10 | [F]or those who expect more from their horror, it's an eye roll-inducer. |
| 176944 | Nestor Bentancor | Nestor Cine Desde Hollywood | Rotten | — | 2020-01-04T06:50:27Z | 2020-01-04 06:50:27 | Very fine actors completely wasted in a poorly made reboot. Oh, the boredom! [Full review in Spanish] |
| 176945 | Mattie Lucas | From the Front Row | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2020-01-04T05:40:10Z | 2020-01-04 05:40:10 | An unpleasant, humorless slog through the muck of low-budget January horror fodder that is neither frightening or particularly entertaining, blandly ambling from tired jump-scare to tired jump-scare. |
| 176946 | Kristy Puchko | IGN Movies | Rotten | — | 2020-01-04T02:20:44Z | 2020-01-04 02:20:44 | his Grudge is a trudge through muck, meandering plot, half-baked performances, and tired tropes that should've been retired by the end of the 2000s. |
| 176947 | Matthew Rozsa | Salon.com | Fresh | 2.75/4 | 2020-01-04T02:10:40Z | 2020-01-04 02:10:40 | There was one moment in "The Grudge" when the movie, ever so briefly, rose to the level of greatness... Instead it settles on being merely okay. |
| 176948 | Amy Nicholson | FilmWeek (LAist) | Rotten | — | 2020-01-04T00:40:38Z | 2020-01-04 00:40:38 | What's really interesting about this version of The Grudge -- not the film itself, which is really basic, jump-scary, not that funny, and pretty mean -- is that it has a really terrific cast who are trying their best to make this a good movie. |
| 176949 | Kate Sánchez | But Why Tho? | Rotten | 3/10 | 2020-01-04T00:20:39Z | 2020-01-04 00:20:39 | The Grudge doesn't take time to build a path of empathy to its characters, which continues the trend of horror remakes missing the point of the originals they're based on. |
| 176950 | Elsa Fernández-Santos | El Pais (Spain) | Rotten | — | 2020-01-03T23:10:56Z | 2020-01-03 23:10:56 | The film survives primarily on the strength of its cast, but is still a flimsy attempt to resuscitate a franchise. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 176952 | Sandy Schaefer | Screen Rant | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-01-03T22:51:06Z | 2020-01-03 22:51:06 | Although it tries to revive the brand by including new ingredients and extra gore, The Grudge reboot is mostly a grosser rehash of what's come before. |
| 176951 | Nicholas Bell | IONCINEMA.com | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2020-01-03T22:51:06Z | 2020-01-03 22:51:06 | For all its genre appropriate flourishes and gory craftsmanship which defies the theatrical release date in which its studio abandoned it, Pesce has little wiggle room to revitalize a familiar story. |
| 176953 | Joe Lipsett | Consequence | Rotten | C- | 2020-01-03T22:11:04Z | 2020-01-03 22:11:04 | Sadly, The Grudge is an underwhelming entry in the long dormant franchise. This cursed production hardly feels worth the wait, and is certainly not worth the price of admission. So, beware, and don't set foot in your local theatre to investigate. |
| 176954 | Matt Donato | We Got This Covered | Rotten | 5/10 | 2020-01-03T21:41:19Z | 2020-01-03 21:41:19 | The Grudge feels like "just another remake," which is a shame with such a previously style-forward director at the helm. |
| 176955 | Mike McGranaghan | Aisle Seat | Rotten | 1/4 | 2020-01-03T21:01:25Z | 2020-01-03 21:01:25 | The Grudge is an excellent reminder that the worst sin a horror movie can commit is to be boring. |
| 176956 | Robert Kojder | Flickering Myth | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-01-03T20:41:29Z | 2020-01-03 20:41:29 | Individual sequences of The Grudge are occasionally decent, but the film lacks forward momentum. It never stops oscillating between mildly interesting and flat-out boring |
| 176957 | Don Kaye | Den of Geek | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-01-03T20:31:26Z | 2020-01-03 20:31:26 | By the time it's over, the only grudge left holding any real power will be the one you bear against yourself for paying to watch this. |
| 176958 | Nick Johnston | Vanyaland | Rotten | — | 2020-01-03T20:11:22Z | 2020-01-03 20:11:22 | The overwhelming issue with The Grudge is its structure, which is disjointed, achronological, and genuinely kneecaps Pesce and co-storyteller Jeff Buhler's attempts to make their characters meaningful. |
| 176959 | Norman Wilner | NOW Toronto | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-01-03T19:51:13Z | 2020-01-03 19:51:13 | The jumps are well-managed, the film feels of a piece with the other movies in the series, and [Nicolas] Pesce orchestrates one exquisite twist that offers a completely different angle on the whole life-after-death thing. |
| 176960 | Jonathan W. Hickman | The Newnan Times-Herald | Rotten | 3/10 | 2020-01-03T19:11:10Z | 2020-01-03 19:11:10 | Once again, showing that Hollywood has no idea what to do with J-Horror, "The Grudge" is another in a continuing line of incomprehensible cash grabs. |
| 176961 | Steven Nguyen Scaife | Slant Magazine | Rotten | 1/4 | 2020-01-03T19:11:09Z | 2020-01-03 19:11:09 | Nicolas Pesce evincing little of the promise he showed in his prior films, and even less drive to remake the old into something new. |
| 176962 | Alex Saveliev | Film Threat | Rotten | 3/10 | 2020-01-03T18:51:04Z | 2020-01-03 18:51:04 | The Grudge 2020's worst offense is that it utterly fails to find its own voice, its own take on the material |
| 176963 | Karl Delossantos | Smash Cut Reviews | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2020-01-03T18:41:03Z | 2020-01-03 18:41:03 | The Grudge is more horrifying than any horror movie - because it's boring. The cheap scares and thin plot do nothing but... well, make you hold a grudge against it. |
| 176965 | David Fear | Rolling Stone | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2020-01-03T18:11:01Z | 2020-01-03 18:11:01 | Things keep devolving into a sort of "stock beats" catalog of J-scares that goes from déjà vu to dullness to deadening. |
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