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  • Shutter
  • Opened March 21, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 25 min.
  • PG-13
    terror, disturbing images, sexual content and language
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+. Read More
  • A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.
  • Cast: Joshua Jackson, Megumi Okina, David Denman, John Hensley
  • Director: Masayuki Ochiai
  • Genres: Supernatural Horror, Horror

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  • Rachael Taylor and Joshua Jackson in "Shutter."
  • Megumi Okina in "Shutter."
  • Rachael Taylor in "Shutter."
  • Rachael Taylor in "Shutter."
  • Rachael Taylor as Jane and Joshua Jackson as Ben in "Shutter."
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  • Oh No!

    WASTE OF TIME - UNIMAGINATIVE.

    by MOVIES REVIEWER

    I SAW THE FREE PRESS PREVIEW LAST NIGHT. AND IT IS TIME BETTER SPENT DOING SOMETHING ELSE. NOT EVEN WORTH RENTING.

    JUST ANOTHER RUN-OF-THE-MILL 'JAPANESE-TYPE' SCARY FLICK THAT HAS LOTS OF FALSE SCARES - AND FEW REAL CREEPINESS. THERE IS A LACK OF IMAGINATION IN SHORING UP THE SCARES FOR THE AUDIENCE - MOST PEOPLE WERE LAUGHING AND GIGGLING THEMSELVES SILLY DURING THIS MOVIE.

    WEAK PLOT - I AM NOT EVEN GOING TO DIGNIFY THIS MOVIE BY GOING INTO 'PLOT' DETAILS.

    THE GHOST (AND MAKE-UP EFFECTS) LACKS 'SCARE'. A GRITTY UNWASHED HOMELESS PERSON WITH NO MAKE-UP IS SCARIER.

    AND YES, WE GET TO SEE YET ANOTHER SCENE OF A FEMALE GHOST SITTING BY THE DRESSER COMBING HER HAIR. CLICHE!! DUH!

    MY SUGGESTION FOR GOOD JAPANESE (OR 'JAPANESE-TYPE') HORROR FLICKS - YOU ARE BETTER OFF RENTING THE JAPANESE VERSIONS OF 'THE GRUDGE' AND 'THE RING' (RINGU).

    THE LACK-LUSTER MEDIOCRE ACTING (AND OVER-ACTING) BY THE CAST IS SHEER TORTURE.

    'SHUTTER' IS A DEFINITE NON-STARTER.

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    Shutter was not a Dudder

    by jborg

    I actually liked this movie. Yes it's someone predictable, but so are 99% of the movies out there. The premis was interesting, but could have been better. Shutter has a very similar theme to The Grudge (but not as good). In order of movies, I would say The Ring > The Grudge > Shutter.

    Good points: The leads were decent (Joshua Jackson & Rachel Taylor) and the ending was satisfying. The main ghost (played by Megumi Tanaka) was a good choice, but I wanted more surreal effects to go with her look.

    Week points: Relatively poor plot development. Lack of creepy "Ring-like" jerky movement; the ghost made too many natural "human" kinds of movements.

    All in all, I would give this movie a C+ and say it's worth the price of a matinee ticket, just don't set your expectations way up there.

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    Good Flick

    by Scar291

    After reading most of the posts here I went into the movie thinking it was going to be terrible. I thought it was good though. I think the people who didn't like it are looking for blood and gore, which this movie didn't have a lot of. It wasn't real scarey but I thought it was well done. Both my wife and I thought it was better than The Grudge. I only bring that up because it has been already compaired to The Grudge on these boards.

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Shutter Critic Reviews

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  • 75
    TV Guide | Maitland McDonagh

    Surprisingly effective supernatural tale in which there's more to fear from the...

  • 50
    Boston Globe |

    If Shutter is any indication, the reputation of professional photographers is...

  • 42
    Entertainment Weekly |

    Seems like a technological regression.

  • 42
    The Onion A.V. Club | Scott Tobias

    The photography hook gives Shutter the potential to be a genuinely creepy...

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