Can't understand the fuss (WITH SPOILERS)

Rating: 3/10 (6 February 2010)

On the plus side, the film employs rather well its modern setting alongside its medieval subtext of gypsies, curses, and souls promised to evil spirits. Sadly on the negative side, the film is formulaic and anyone with a modicum of film watching experience could see the twists and turns before they came, including the final one. Furthermore, it relies more on grossing you out (there is a lot of puking, ugly hags and dirty fingernails) rather than frightening you. My only explanation as to how it got the good reviews is that nowadays any Hollywood film without a happy ending with the lovers living happily ever after is so rare that it sends the critics into paroxysms of praise.