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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Portland OregonianMarc MohanPortland OregonianMarc MohanEven with nothing at stake emotionally, though, he conjures some real scares, and the finale is as much a head-scratcher as a heart-stopper -- in a good way.
- 80Film ThreatFilm ThreatOne Missed Call plays like a good cover song. It's not just a repetition of the previous tune.
- 70VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyCombines scares and chuckles with good production values.
- 60Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonOne Missed Call, one of the five movies he made in 2003, is no more than Miike's shot at generating a polished, rote, expertly composed J-horror flick.
- 60TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxThe film is slow and somber during the windup but pretty scary in the follow-through.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanOne Missed Call is so unoriginal that the movie could almost be a parody of J-horror tropes, yet Miike, for a while at least, stages it with a dread-soaked visual flair that allows you to enjoy being manipulated.
- 50The New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe New York TimesLawrence Van GelderWhere "Ringu" derived its power from the simplicity of its premise and the purity of its execution, One Missed Call staggers under the weight of its director's taste for baroque excess.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoStrictly generic, it does little more than regurgitate the J-horror hits "Ringu" and "Ju-on."
- 50L.A. WeeklyRon StringerL.A. WeeklyRon StringerIt's a prolonged, maddening, predictable -- yet curiously pleasurable -- descent into incomprehensibility.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovAll we're left with is a second-rate J-Horror entry that bores rather scares.