Fresh
Gore Verbinski creates an air of dread that begins with the first scene and never lets up, subtly incorporating elements from the current wave of Japanese horror films along the way.
Keith Phipps, AV Club
Overview
Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring so she can save herself and her son.
Director and cast
- Gore Verbinski Director
- Naomi Watts as Rachel Keller
- Martin Henderson as Noah Clay
- David Dorfman as Aidan Keller
- Brian Cox as Richard Morgan
- Jane Alexander as Dr. Grasnik
- Lindsay Frost as Ruth Embry
- Amber Tamblyn as Katie Embry
- Rachael Bella as Rebecca Kotler
- Daveigh Chase as Samara Morgan
- Shannon Cochran as Anna Morgan
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
72%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The filmmakers have wisely stayed close to the original's mood, which is somber and flat, with quick (near-subliminal) inserts and a soundtrack full of watery-grave groans and murmurs.
David Edelstein, Slate
Fresh
An edgy, watchable film, but one that makes you feel more squeamish than screamish.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Rotten
The Ring, about a videotape that kills people, is so full of inconsistencies and plot holes that I stumbled from a recent screening with few answers, and a ton of questions.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Rotten
Watching The Ring won't kill you, but it could bore you half to death.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
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