Not For The Faint Of Heart!

Rating: Null/10 (5 August 2003)

Director Gore Verbinski directs this finely crafted film. I for one say that this movie came to me as a total shock. I went to see this film and knew absolutely nothing about it. I left the theater shaking, and dumbfounded. One of the flaws this movie has is the way it leaves you hanging with so many questions.
It starts off as another urban legend; two teen girls swap stories about a videotape that "kills you when you watch it." One of the girls claims she has seen it. Through the rest of the film it leads you down the path of THIS IS GOING TO BE STUPID, but quickly changes after a reporter (Naomi Watts) decides to investigate the mysterious death of her niece. She comes across the tape and watches it, and begins to believe that the curse is real. She races the clock to try and solve the mystery while her boyfriend, and her son watch the tape.
This film is dark, yet intriging in unimaginable ways. The camera angles and the filters used create the mood to be dark and cold, and sometimes disturbing. This film is not for the faint of heart, so beware! 10 STARS!