This was a good movie. It wasn't that scary but it was still scary. 9 or 10+
The Ring
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This movie is very, very scary.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 15–18
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of The Ring was written by Nell Minow
Parents need to know that this movie is very, very scary. Four people and a horse die on-screen, with the potential for many more untimely demises throughout and -- don't read on if you enjoy surprises -- beyond the end of the movie. The overall tone is creepy and would leave many of the staunchest of moviegoers in dire need of brightly lit rooms and laughter.
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- Families can talk about the decision that Rachel makes at the end of the movie and the ramifications of her actions. They might also wish to discuss the way that different characters deal with the untimely death of a loved one.
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What’s the Story?
In this remake of a Japanese horror film based on a series of books, urban legend meets scary movie reality when four teens die, as predicted, exactly seven days to the minute from when they watched an unmarked video in a remote mountain cabin. Rachel (Naomi Watts), the aunt of one of the teenagers, is a savvy and skeptical journalist whose curiosity is sparked by tales of the tape. After finding and watching the source of the mystery, she receives a phone call announcing that she has seven days. From there, it is a race to solve the clues and answer the riddle of the video, with the stakes greatly raised when two of the people closest to her, including her young son, watch the deadly tape.
Is It Any Good?
Director Gore Verbinski does an excellent job of letting our imaginations find portent and peril in the most mundane of actions, such as picking up groceries at the local corner store. Watts is a relief as she plays through the gamut of Rachel's emotions with truly credible, but not overwrought, gusto. While the adults are busy solving the riddle of the tape, the heart-stopping dyad of the Ring's children usher in the deeper dimension of fear. Rachel's son, Aiden (a stony-eyed David Dorfman) is the medium and interpreter for the terrifying Samara (Daveigh Chase), who is at the heart of the mystery.
THE RING dips deep in the well of oft-used scary images, which paradoxically results in a movie that is both architecturally firm but--with little new to add--empty of true revelation.
Movie Details
Studio: DreamWorks, Director: Gore Verbinski
Run time: 115 minutes
Theatrical release: 10/18/2002, DVD release: 3/4/2003
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, disturbing images, language and some drug references
Run time: 115 minutes
Theatrical release: 10/18/2002, DVD release: 3/4/2003
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, disturbing images, language and some drug references
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I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
Scary
It's so scary my eyeballs almost fell out! (AND I MEAN IT)
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I rate this title iffy for age 9 and give it
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- Inappropriate language
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- Good role models
Nikko Thinks ...
I like the movie it was good i did not think it was scary and i watched when i was 10 (full) i watched part of it when i was 4 so there wasn't really surprising i rated this 9+ cuz some sensitive kids may think it was to vilonet aand scary or SOME "protective" perents may think it has too much sex or role models arn't good well i think there good models are good cuz in usall horror movies the women alwasy dies or isn't stong the ends in a phyceatrical hospital well this didn't happen but i don't remember the movie clearly but im guessin the saod some bad word i mean perents come on unless your kids arnt homeschool they already know most of the bad word at age 8 then all at age 10 but if you really protect your kids the there may be some "inapropeate" stuff PS THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST HORROR MOVIE IVE EVER SEEN
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I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
Good for older teens.
Ok, well I watched this with my friend and she TOTALLY freaked out, she ended up going home but I was fine. There are some uses of "hell" and other mild words. As for violence the girl kills anybody who watches the video and a mother bagging her daughter's head then pushing her down a well. As for messages, it is a thriller so I can't think of any positive messages.
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I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
Perfect Scarry Movie
I thought it was really good, but extremely scary. I've seen many horror flicks and this is the scariest one I've seen. Some very creepy scenes.
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
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- Excessive violence
More proof that j-horror re-makes are epic fails.
I didn't know I had this movie until I found it one day buried under all sorts of junk. I've seen Ringu, the movie on which this was based, and it's a lot better. I'm not frightened by Samara-- and this is coming from a girl who is afraid of TRAINS, for crying out loud-- and I just feel bad for her. The only scene that scared me was the suicide scene, and I was pretty creeped out by the poor horses falling off the boat. I would suggest seeing the Japanese version of this movie as it is a lot better (if you're looking for a scare) but if you have young and/or sensitive children and they just HAVE to watch this movie, please at least cover their eyes during the scenes I mentioned.
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I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
The Ring
Scary as HELL! Watch it, but not wit the kiddies.
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I rate this title off for age 10 and give it
OK
Hey, it was pretty scary, but not too scary, because I have seen things like this a million times. That is why I give it 3 stars.
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I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it
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- Excessive violence
OK but not for the easily scared
A good scare but if your kids are easily frightened no matter what age even up to 15 i wouldn't recommend it as you may get some sleepless nights. This film isn't for everyone but you could try getting it free from www.rewards1.com/index.php?referrer_id=1426138 rather than buying it and realising your never going to watch it as your children are too easily scared but still quite a good film if you enjoy horror.
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Kids ages: 12
I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
Scary movie, judge by YOUR kid's standards.
If your child is easily scared, no matter what age, this is not for them.
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I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
the FIRST movie to actaully give me the creeps
okay, i was in 2nd grade and me and my best friend watched this movie watched it by our selfs. it was cold that day and lights were off. then the girl came out of the tv and i felt goose bumps.if you wanna get freaked out, go watch this
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I rate this title on for age 14 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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LOLS
On Haloween when i was 13, My mates forced me to watch this scary movie.but I found it quite funny that i was not scared but my mates were terrified! The idea of a video tape that has a girl crawl out of your TV screen sevan days later and then gets pushed down a well is strange, but is pretty freaky, and sad when her child watches!!!
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I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
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- Excessive violence
Good for kids 10 and up who can handle getting scared... badly.
I loved this movie! Warning parents: This movie is VERY SCARY!!! Also has some very disturbing scenes (girl suffocated by her mother, and then dropped into a well.) Also has brief, mild nudity (can see nipples through t shirt cause its wet)
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I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
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- Excessive violence
Overall, I hated this movie. I am a big fan of suspense/thrillers but this was just twisted. At the end, I was really shocked but not scared. I just thought the whole thing was stupid. I mean come one, a girl coming out of a TV to kill people ? What's up with that?? We see a girl being drowned by her mother, which is pretty crazy, a few people in a mental institution and 2 dead bodies that are quite shocking.
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I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Scary scary scary *spoilers*
I haven't seen many horror movies, but this one was freaky. I can't think of any family appropriate words for how scared I was after watching this last Halloween. I had to sneak into my sister's room for the next two nights and listen to audiobooks to get any sleep at all. The Ring, though it has many somewhat gory and very disturbing images, has less of a horror feeling than an overall creepy feeling of impending doom. So, for those who are curious, I will try to name all the scary parts that I remember, so you can be on the lookout. If you don't want to know, don't read them. The beginning was scary; the one girl tells her friend and the audience about the tape, and then reveals that she watched it- 7 days ago. As the clock strikes 10, when she watched it the week before, things start happening (I don't actually remember the specifics). Either way, it's all very creepy and ominous- the TV turns on and off and on, static fizzing from the living room (I was afraid of static-y TVs for weeks, by the way). She opens the door to her room, and screams, and that's the end of her. You don't see what happened to her until the reception for her funeral, which our protagonist attends- the girl was her niece. They talk about her roommate (or was it her mother..?) finding her in the closet and BAM! Before you can blink, a quick flash of the girl, crouched in a closet and grotesquely distorted. The movie continues in similar ways- a man commits suicide in front of Rachel by electrocuting himself in his bathtub, a horse drowns and is chopped to bits by the propellers of a boat, Rachel pulls a long wire covered in black hair out from her throat. The tape itself is the creepiest thing I've ever seen. Simple shots of clues to the mystery of Samara, the ring girl. The climax is scary, but I'm not quite sure, as I was hiding behind a pillow the whole time. But the action- and gore- doesn't stop there because PLOT TWIST! And when Rachel is about to spin the chair around to see what's his face's face, don't look. I'm so glad I didn't- my friend still shudders to think of it. But, by this time, you are tired of plot twists, and just want it all to end. So, in conclusion: Scariest movie I've seen, disturbing images, and just a bit too long. Rachel is a good role model, who wants to save not only herself and her son, but everyone else who may ever watch the tape in the future.
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I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
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- Excessive violence
Great Movie, but Definitely not For Young Kids
This is, without a doubt, the scariest movie I've ever seen. The movie revolves around a tape. If you watch this tape, you'll die within seven days. The opening scene is very scary. After the video-tape has finished, the person gets a phone-call with a spooky voice on the other end saying "seven days". The movie isn't violent as much as it is frightening. This is a good movie to watch on Halloween.
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I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
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I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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- Good role models
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni--but with a VHS!
OMG, I am 14 and two nights ago from when I'm writing this, I watched the Ring. My mother rented it for me for a Halloween movie, after I had watched the Exorcist. Personally, I love anything Japanese, Death Note, FMA, etc... I thought that since this was based on the Japanese movie called Ringu, that I would be either very disturbed, or very interested (depending on how good of an English adaptation it was). In fact, it was a little of both. Kinda' reminded me of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni... I was able to handle this movie without puking, but I must say that this is VERY disturbing, especially when they are watching the "death tape" (oh and did I say I watched this at midnight on a laptop in the dark?). If I was any younger I might have wet myself. It wasn't a perfect movie, but it was all very good. The plot does a 360 nearing the end which will make people kinda surprised (epic plot twist!). And some bits are symbolic and have meaning. I rated this iffy for 14 because I was 14 when I saw this, and I didn't puke my guts out with fear! Anybody who likes this, I highly recommend Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Or the dreadful English version When Cicadas Cry (DON'T GET THE ENGLISH VERSION!) All in all, a pretty good movie--make sure to look up Anna Morgan's curse on youtube and send it to all your friends after watching it--or you too will die.... :-)
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I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
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- Excessive violence
for kids 10 and up who aren't scared easily.
This is probably the scariest movie ive ever seen, period. i had no idea PG-13's can be so scary! also a little disturbing. DO NOT WATCH AT NIGHT!!!!!
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I rate this title on for age 4 and give it
So NOT horror!
It was so expected and not scary AT ALL. But then again, I thought the poltergeist was not scary.......
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