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37 out of 100

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5.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 42 Ratings

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  • Starring: James Kyson Lee, Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor
  • Summary: For photographer Ben and his new wife Jane, his new assignment--a lucrative fashion shoot in Tokyo--was supposed to be a kind of working honeymoon. With this exotic professional opportunity and the limitless possibilities of a new marriage, Ben and Jane arrive in Japan. But as they make their way on a mountain road leading to Mt. Fuji, their new life together comes to, literally, a crashing halt. Their car smashes into a woman standing in the middle of the road who has materialized out of nowhere. Upon regaining consciousness after the accident, Ben and Jane cannot find any trace of the girl Jane believes she hit. Shaken by the accident and by the girl's disappearance, Ben and Jane arrive in Tokyo, where Ben begins his glamorous assignment. Having worked in Japan before and fluent in the language, Ben is comfortable there, and he eagerly reunites with old friends and colleagues. Jane, a newcomer to the city, feels very much like a stranger in a strange land as she makes tentative, unsettling forays through the city. Meanwhile, Ben has discovered mysterious white blurs--eerily evocative of a human form--that have materialized on an entire day's work from the expensive photo shoot. Jane's concerns escalate as she believes the blurs in Ben's photos are the dead girl from the road, who is now seeking vengeance for them leaving her to die... (20th Century Fox)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 4 out of 12
  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    75
    Surprisingly effective supernatural tale in which there's more to fear from the living than the dead.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Michael Hardy
    50
    If Shutter is any indication, the reputation of professional photographers is still on the wane. Not only are photographs creepy, the film suggests, but so are photographers.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Andy Webster
    38
    Fans of J-horror (for Japan, where the genre was born; its conventions have since spread to South Korea and Thailand) will find Shutter familiar; others may just doze.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 19
  3. Negative: 12 out of 19
  1. jvjhh
    10
    This movie rocks! and the original rocks too!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. JayH.
    4
    4.5/10. Well enough made, good imagery, but it never once convinced me, and that is essential for this film. Watchable but not memorable.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. [Anonymous]
    3
    I can't say I was disappointed because I didn't go to the see the move with very high expectations. You really can't expect much out of horror flicks these days. But anyways, while the movie was maybe even halfway done I had the whole thing figured out, the plot has been used a million times and all the scares are, hey look out behind you scares.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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