The Ring Reviews

The Ring Review
by Ram Samudrala
/The Ring/ is an effectively scary film, aptly debuting around Halloween, but a little bit of thought reveals a large number of inconsistencies. The inconsisties are required to achieve the thrill and leave one with a sense of wonderment after the film...more

The Ring Review
by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 7/10)
CAPSULE: Investigating a strange urban legend that seems to have come true enough to bring about a death, a news reporter finds a strange path of sinister clues involving a bizarre surrealistic videotape. This is a remake...more

The Ring Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4)
Where is caller ID when you need it? In THE RING, right after you view a certain videotape, a caller, from what sounds like the Great Beyond, tells you that you have seven days to live. The Grim Reaper on the phone is a female with a very precise stop...more

The Ring Review
by Jonathan F. Richards
Years ago, Mad Comics did a spoof of Ripley's Believe It or Not that featured a picture of a death mask from a tribe in New Guinea: "...said to cause death within 24 hours to all who gaze upon it. Too bad if you looked." more

The Ring Review
by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3/4)
# stars based on 4 stars: 3 Reviewed by: Harvey Karten DreamWorks Pictures Directed by: Gore Verbinski Written by: Ehren Kruger Cast: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, Jane Alexander Screened at: Loews 34th St., NYC, 10/19/02 more

The Ring Review
by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C-)
RING, THE (director: Gore Verbinski; screenwriters: Ehren Kruger/from a novel by Kôji Suzuki/from the 1998 screenplay of Hiroshi Takahashi's "Ringu"; cinematographer: Bojan Bazelli; editor: Craig Wood; music: Hans Zimmer; cast: Naomi Watts (Rachel...more

The Ring Review
by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 4/4)
Directed by Gore Verbinski. Screenplay by Ehren Kruger, based on the novel "Ringu" by Kôji Suzuki and the 1998 screenplay "Ringu" by Hiroshi Takahashi. Starring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman. Running time: 115 minutes. Rated AA for gory...more

The Ring Review
by Karina Montgomery
I have to say, this movie is pretty deliciously scary. You know it's good when the little prologue scene is enough to make you wiggle and pick your feet up and shout at the characters - and you don't have ANY idea what is going on yet. I could be an...more

The Ring Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 8/10)
The Ring is the most successful movie franchise you've never heard of. While unsuspecting Americans gleefully anticipate the upcoming release of the second installment of that other ring project (as in Lord of the), the low-key English-language remake of...more

The Ring Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 8/10)
PLOT: It's pretty simple actually. If you happen to watch this specific videotape, you will receive a phone call from a creepy voice immediately afterwards and you will die seven days later. No questions asked. A few kids have already bit the big one and...more