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Sadako

2019

Hideo Nakata

Elaiza Ikeda, Himeka Himejima, Ren Kiriyama, Hiroya Shimizu ...

3.5

175

Horror A girl with amnesia is under the care of counselor Mayu. The patient is under police guard and of special interest. Yet, not many know why and the girl herself is oblivious to everything. At the same time, Mayu's brother is one of those Internet wanna-bes and looking to become popular and gain attention. The boy begins his own adventures.

	Author	Review
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"'Sadako' is both an origin story and a new beginning, neither half very compelling (...) There are so many story pieces that don't build to grandiosity, so much as drag viewers to an underwhelming climax."	NEG
Canada	J Hurtado Screen Anarchy	"Nakata does not mess around, managing to deliver the goods without resorting to jump scares to keep the audience awake"	POS
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"'Sadako' shows that perhaps this ghostly series is as obsolete as the videotape from which it emerged (…) The worst thing a horror movie can be is boring. 'Sadako' is that in spades (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"[It is] less scary than contextually relevant (...) I was pleasantly surprised by this result because it allows for meaning above kills (...) but I have a feeling a lot of people will be disappointed"	NEU
United States	Matt Donato SlashFilm	"It’s sleepy, listless, and favors moments pulled from soap opera architectures that counteract any attempts at purified horror."	NEG
United States	Haleigh Foutch Collider	"Another stale sequel (...) Perhaps most disappointing of all, 'Sadako' is just not very scary"	NEG
United States	Kieran Fisher Film School Rejects	"[It] is more of the same old song and dance, minus the tangible feeling of oppressive dread that’s present in [Nakata's] best efforts (...) [A] passable entertainment"	NEU

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