Just awful. Some of the worst acting ever to grace the screen.

Rating: 3/10 (31 March 2003)

(spoilers!!)
Good god! Are people that dumb to think this is a great movie? I'm just posing a question, not to say that they are. But really. This thing has virtually no acting whatsoever. I was not impressed. This movie couldn't scare a mouse even if it wanted to. It's also emotionless. It's basically and truely an americanized version of Ringu. And it goes with all the blame. Blame the parents, blame the parents. The original movie put the blame on mistreatment from the mother perhaps, but mostly the doctor who killed her. But in The Ring, the father is at fault, the mother kills the girl. And the movie doesn't end all that good.
The pace of the movie is poor. Takes 55 minutes to go thru 6 days and 60 minutes to go thru 1 day. Alot of the movie doesn't make sense. The video is totally stupid. (the one we ain't supposed to watch)
The timelines are rediculous. That cabin is far older than 40-50 years. It looks like it was built in the late 1800's. And even at that, I grew up going to this cabin that was built in 1910 and it looked far nicer. (yes it was a cabin. paper thin walls built on bricks type thing)

The girl is too cute of a monster. Compared to Ringu which never really lets you see the face.
I basically assume that the creators were aiming at folks who either loved Blair Witch Project (or god forbid it's sequel) or as it's pretty obvious, The Sixth Sense. Putting the focus on the kid. Which for a good chunk of the movie the mother could care less for.
My recommendation. Watch Ringu first. Then watch this movie at your own risk. Ringu is very deceptive. Certainly it won't make you jump watching it, but don't walk round in the dark for awhile.
The Ring will make you want these people to die. Especially that stupid brainless mother. Who acts smarter than she is.
3/10

Quality: 1/10 Entertainment: 3/10 Replayable: 5/10