Critic Reviews
44
Metascore
Mixed or Average
positive
8(22%)
mixed
20(54%)
negative
9(24%)
Showing 37 Critic Reviews
75
Watts is wonderful, and the story's forsaken-child theme still has plenty of horrific power.
75
An unusually atmospheric outing. Splatter fans may be disappointed, because Nakata isn't interested in a body count.
70
While nearly every shock comes at predictable moments, there is genuine ingenuity behind many, and the movie is surprisingly fresh for one made by a guy on his third go-round with the same material.
70
The movie is as side-splitting as it is creepy, especially when it ventures into surrealistic nightmare imagery.
63
You have to admire Nakata's skill at letting the dead run free while hinting that we may have more to fear from the living. With a braver step in that direction, this middling movie would ring more than box-office bells.
63
Watts has proven herself a Lady of the Rings, but twice is enough. No burning need for a trilogy.
63
The charm of The Ring Two, while limited, is real enough; it is based on the film's ability to make absolutely no sense, while nevertheless generating a real enough feeling of tension a good deal of the time.
63
Watts evokes a classic Hitchcockian virgin-whore duality.
60
The movie works while you watch it, with plenty of scares both sudden and psychological.
60
It's hardly the best film in the world but you can have fun with it.
