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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe Uninvited is a flawed production, but gratifying in the way it delivers. The interesting and unique elements of the movie effectively compensate for the formulaic way in which the plot develops.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertEmily Browning's face helps The Uninvited work so well...She makes you fear for her, and that's half the battle. Yet she's so fresh she's ready for a Jane Austen role.
- 70L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonA remake of the 2003 Korean horror film "A Tale of Two Sisters," The Uninvited is a Hand That Rocks the Cradle–type thriller that's been dressed up as a horror movie.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe actors are strong, however, and Banks in particular shows some skill and wiles in keeping her rascally stepmother stereotype lively.
- 60Washington PostWashington PostExperienced horror fans will probably stay one step ahead of the game, but it's still a nice ride.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThe film is still cheesy rather than deliciously scary. It never really generates sustained suspense.
- 50The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe result is a middling Frankenstein-like hybrid of spectral mayhem and murder mystery, constructed entirely out of borrowed parts.
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyWeak even by the standard of uninspired recent Asian-horror remakes, The Uninvited is more likely to induce snickers and yawns than shudders and yelps.
- 25Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisA brutally inane movie.
- 16Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyHorror standbys like mangled corpses and stone-faced children pop up regularly, but sibling directors Charles and Thomas Guard haven't quite nailed the genre's rhythms.