One Missed Call PG-13

One Missed Call
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DVD Details

  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 27 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: April 22, 2008
  • Originally Released: 2008
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 61,883
Rating: 1.0/4.0 -- Are we really supposed to believe that, if you die angry while holding a cell phone, you can make the 'Can you hear me now?' guy throw himself in front of a bus? Full Review
MovieCrypt.com
Dec 24, 2008
If you missed the first One Missed Call, made in Japan in 2004, you now can miss the American remake. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 7, 2008
Rating: D -- One big miss of a horror movie.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Oct 18, 2008
Rating: 1/4 -- The unintentional camp makes for some eye-rolling interest early on, and French director Eric Valette does manage a few hair-raising moments, but by then, the movie has missed by a mile. Full Review
Boston Phoenix
Apr 23, 2009
It's not even remotely scary, which leaves the horror fans out. But it's also way too boring to even poke fun at. Full Review
TheHorrorShow
Aug 28, 2015
One Missed Call remakes Takashi Miike's 2003 film as undistinguished college-age horror, except it tries to exploit some people's fear of answering the phone into a feature-length premise. Full Review
The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Aug 19, 2015
For a would-be frightfest built around a supernatural premise, One Missed Call is so glum and businesslike that it's not nearly as much pulpy fun as it should be.
Screen International
Jul 23, 2008
Rating: .5/5 -- No wonder the marketers at Warner Bros. did not preview this embarrassing clunker for critics. Anyone searching for an effective supernatural-horror fix in theatres right now should visit The Orphanage instead. Full Review
Georgia Straight
Jul 6, 2010

Product Description:

In the tradition of THE RING, THE GRUDGE, DARK WATER, and PULSE, ONE MISSED CALL is yet another moody Japanese ghost story to be adapted for American screens. Originally made by cult director Takashi Miike in 2003 from Yasushi Akimoto's novel CHAKUSHIN ARI, this American version retains the elements that are sure to please J-Horror fans--jerky apparitions, ghostly children, desperate messages from beyond the grave, possessed electronic devices, and strong female characters. While this remake, which is the debut English-language film from French director Eric Valette, dispenses with some of the freakiness of Miike's version, the creepiness remains.

Shannon Sossamon is Beth, a developmental psychology student who has plenty of cause for concern after her friend Leann (Azura Skye) receives a panicked cell phone message from herself days in the future. After Leann falls in front of a train at the same date and time on the message, Beth suspects that she may be next. Beth's fear seems even more justified after her friend Taylor (Ana Claudia Talancon) befalls a similar fate as her phone message is being investigated by a reality TV host (Ray Wise) who specializes in unexplained phenomena. With the help of police chief Jack Andrews (Ed Byrnes), Beth discovers a link between the calls and a deceased mother and daughter. A slow burning ghost tale, ONE MISSED CALL establishes a mood of creepiness before the opening credits and sustains it right through to the conclusion. Instead of major shocks or gore, we're given subtle glimpses of ghostly figures or slightly distorted faces that are effective in creating unease. Sossamon makes a pleasing heroine, and the always excellent Wise makes the most of his small role. Almost old-fashioned in its restraint, the film is a good candidate for family viewing--and spooky enough to give all but the most jaded horror fan goose bumps.

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