The call gets through, but the signal is so weak and garbled in the cross-Pacific transit that the message is lost, leaving audience on hold, waiting for scares that never come.
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One Missed Call (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 68
Fresh: 0
Rotten:68
Average Rating: 2.5/10
Consensus: One of the weakest entries in the J-horror remake sweepstakes, One Missed Call is undone by bland performances and shopworn shocks.
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release: Jan 4, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $26,812,746
Synopsis: In the tradition of THE RING, THE GRUDGE, DARK WATER, and PULSE, ONE MISSED CALL is yet another moody Japanese ghost story to be adapted for American screens. Originally made by cult director Takashi Miike in 2003 from Yasushi Akimoto's... [More]
Starring: Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns, Ana Claudia Talancon, Ray Wise
Director: Eric Valette
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Reviews for One Missed Call
Oooooh, a cell phone that kills! Really? Wow! Some people might find that creepy, but it's just silly isn't it?
06/04/08
Estreando como diretor em Hollywood, o francês Eric Valette já se mistura à multidão de cineastas sem personalidade nos primeiros minutos do longa.
04/18/08
...not the worst horror movie I've ever seen, but it is among the more tedious.
04/10/08
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04/08/08
Here's the first in what promises to be a series of movies that are "January junk."
02/09/08
Do yourself a favor and go rent any Miike film other than this one. You've got somewhere in the vicinity of 75 from which to choose.
02/01/08
As Lead Belly might sing, to the tune of 'One Meat Ball': 'You get no thrills/ From One Missed Call...'
01/21/08
It’s hard to know what’s scarier—the fact that Asia keeps producing these movies, or that Hollywood keeps on remaking them.
01/18/08
...just another English-language remake of yet another incomprehensible Japanese horror movie.
01/17/08
The temptation exists to call the movie one missed opportunity, but honestly, I don't think anyone involved in this mess ever seriously tried to make something good.
01/15/08
While director Eric Valette fails to do anything with the derivative plot or the interesting cast, he manages an unusual, appealingly quiet tone.
01/10/08
... its 0% Rotten Tomatoes rating is harsh enough to almost make me want to defend it. Almost.
01/10/08
When it comes to scary movies, the Japanese have it figured out. Unfortunately, commercial filmmakers in the United States usually don’t.
01/09/08
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