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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 40The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeRings finds a couple of nice, if inconsequential, little chills.
- 30Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangLos Angeles TimesJustin ChangAt no point does the movie manage even a single sequence of sustained tension, or a frisson of genuine terror.
- 25Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenRings is unsure as to whether it’s a sequel to the other entries in the series or a contemporary reboot.
- 25TheWrapRobert AbeleTheWrapRobert AbeleHorror films that backstory the audience to death lose all hope of mining what’s eerie and unsettling about the unknown, and Rings is a perfect example: it doesn’t so much spread its familiar myth as dilute it.
- 25ConsequenceRandall ColburnConsequenceRandall ColburnRings is too beholden with current trends to truly exploit the potential it displays in its early going.
- 25RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiRogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiMore wearying than frightening, Rings is a total non-starter.
- 20VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe movie, which will be lucky to eke out a weekend’s worth of business, isn’t scary, it isn’t awesome, and it doesn’t nudge you to think of technology in a new way. But it does make you wish that you could rewind those two hours, or maybe just erase them.
- 20New York Daily NewsEdward DouglasNew York Daily NewsEdward DouglasFilmmaker F. Javier Gutiérrez really doesn't have a lot to work with beyond a flimsy story, weak script and characters you'll have a hard time caring about.
- 20Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonTime Out LondonTom HuddlestonImagine simultaneously eating wallpaper paste, listening to Coldplay and watching the entire ‘Da Vinci Code’ trilogy back to back and you’ll have some idea how grindingly tedious the experience of watching Rings becomes.