Matthew Rozsa matthewrozsa.com Jan 3, 2021 3.5/4

If you're in the mood for a good scary movie - one that mixes old fashioned frights with a novel storytelling approach - you need look no further than "The Grudge 2."

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Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Sep 25, 2010 .5/4

Takashi Shimizu telegraphs scares to the point of numbness. Peek under a table? There's the boy! The room a bit too quiet, is it? It's the girl! All that's frightening are the actors' pained facial expressions, suggesting an epidemic of farty indigestion.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Apr 29, 2009

It's a random series of attempted frights that fails at every turn.

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Brian Holcomb Beyond Hollywood Apr 20, 2008

Seven films later, with the conventions of throat croaking and neck cracking having moved into camp, it's amazing that Shimizu can still find new ways to turn the old screw.

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Brian Tallerico UGO Mar 24, 2007

Repetition is the death of horror.

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Mark Palermo The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Mar 15, 2007

Pale-faced, staring, mute Japanese kids strike back.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Mar 12, 2007 2/4

...nothing more than a needless rehash of its predecessor...

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Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses Jan 8, 2007 1/5

full review in Greek

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Chris Hewitt St. Paul Pioneer Press Dec 30, 2006 1/4

The Grudge 2 starts out ridiculous, then gets boring, then irritating.

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Francesca Rudkin New Zealand Herald Dec 30, 2006 2/5

Those who didn't find The Grudge scary will be disappointed with The Grudge 2 -- it's almost a repeat of the original film but with new victims.

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Jeremy C. Fox Pajiba Nov 20, 2006

The Grudge 2 is one of the more flavorful American J-Horror adaptations I've seen (and I've seen 'em all), well-paced and, at times, genuinely scary.

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Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile Nov 10, 2006

Every moment of intended terror becomes a slapstick gem, carefully constructed boo frights hit with the hilarity of Lucille Ball stepping on a rake

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Greg Maki Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) Nov 5, 2006 1.5/4

... Lazy, unimaginative storytelling that tries to fool the audience into thinking it's clever.

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Cindy White IGN Nov 1, 2006 2/5

Rather than following the story of the Japanese sequel Ju-on 2, the English-language Grudge 2 is based on an original script by Stephen Susco. Unfortunately, there isn't much about it that feels all that original.

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Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Oct 30, 2006 1/5

Japanese director Shimizu may be the only director in history to have helmed a pair of Hollywood remakes of his two biggest hit films and managed to screw up both of them.

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Sean McBride Sean the Movie Guy Oct 26, 2006 1.5/4

just a quick scare and then back to the nonsensical and diluted story.

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Jamie Russell BBC.com Oct 24, 2006 3/5

Low calorie horror, it's propped up by set-piece shocks familiar from any of the other five incarnations of Ju-On: The Grudge.

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Angie Errigo Empire Magazine Oct 21, 2006 2/5

Despite some nifty Japanese style tricks and ghostly illusions this isn't scary. It's muddled, same-old mayhem, just with a more international cast going crazy.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian Oct 21, 2006 1/5

Please let's pull the plug on this insanely over-promoted, over-rated horror brand.

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David Edwards Daily Mirror (UK) Oct 21, 2006 3/5

Don't know about you, but I've seen enough weird women with long hair and heard enough of those screechy violins and atonal sound effects to last a lifetime.

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