Watts is wonderful, and the story's forsaken-child theme still has plenty of horrific power.
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The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
While nearly every shock comes at predictable moments, there is genuine ingenuity behind many, and the movie is surprisingly fresh for one made by a guy on his third go-round with the same material.
You have to admire Nakata's skill at letting the dead run free while hinting that we may have more to fear from the living. With a braver step in that direction, this middling movie would ring more than box-office bells.
The scariest thing in the not-scary-enough The Ring Two is the notion that even smart, attractive adults - yikes, even mothers - just never learn, either.
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Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Despite some impressive technical achievements, it too looks like a movie with little reason for being.
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L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Might have something interesting to say about cultural ambivalence by and toward the maternal impulse if only it had a spark of originality or verve.