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The Fog

Overview


Genre :

Horror, Thriller

Release Date :

October 14, 2005

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Rupert Wainwright

Starring :

Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair, DeRay Davis, Rade Serbedzija, Adrian Hough, Charles Andre, Stefan Arngrim, Douglas Arthurs, Mary Black

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  2 of 5 [Rate It]

2.5 of 5

“..Wainwright manages to create some genuine intensity and suspense...”
by [The Dallas Morning News]
1 of 5

“..The Fog comes across as little more than a Halloween episode of a teen soap opera..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
2 of 4

“..still a good old-fashioned ghost story..”
by Christy Lemire [Houston Chronicle]
1 of 5

“..removes the tension, extinguishes the mood and garbles the originals simple, straightforward story so badly that it's literally laugh-out-loud bad...”
by Keith Breese [Filmcritic]
2 of 4

“..not nearly as terrifying as the original...”
by Brian Marder [Hollywood]
2 of 4

“..not much more than a popcorn night out at the movies..”
by Chelsea Bain [Boston Herald]
“..lacks the scares necessary to satisfy its target audience..”
by Frank Scheck [The Hollywood Reporter]
“..just plain dull remake..”
by Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle]
2 of 5

“..is never scary..”
by [E! Online]
2 of 4

“..is certainly worth passing on..”
by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
2 of 4

“..is all utterly formulaic and predictable..”
by Pam Grady [Reel]
1 of 5

“..fails to heed the basic rule of ghost stories..”
by Peter Sobczynski [EFilmCritic]
1 of 4

“..an unecessary remake of the 1980 John Carpenter chiller..”
by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News]
1 of 4

“..a silly teen scream pop that hasn't improved with age..”
by Tom Meek [The Boston Phoenix]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Gerry Shamray [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Neman [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
1.5 of 5
Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
Reviewed by Steve Newton [Georgia Straight]
Reviewed by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]

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