Ouija 2014

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: Depending on how jaded you are, a lot of these old tricks still work. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: Fairly routine stuff. Read more

Katie Rife, AV Club: It's professionally produced but completely uninspired. Read more

Kyle Anderson, Entertainment Weekly: Best left on the shelf. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: Less scary than landing in jail while playing Monopoly. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: A blah imitation of PG-13 haunted house movies like "Paranormal Activity" and "Insidious." Read more

Jordan Hoffman, New York Daily News: Director Stiles White never met an unmotivated jump-scare he didn't like. Read more

Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times: The closing credits announce that "Ouija" is "based on the Hasbro game," but unlike a movie ticket, a board game can easily be returned. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: "Ouija" has something wrong with it from the first five minutes. Read more

Kevin C. Johnson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Bland, safe horror for those those who like their scares non-existent. Read more

Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail: It is harmless, frighty fun for teenage audiences, but adults will leave theatres with their bejeebers intact. Read more

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: Scares are more of the Saturday morning cartoon variety, cliched or telegraphed well in advance. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: Given its double burden of being both a toy adaptation and a bloodless kiddie horror show, Ouija winds up being more fun than you might think, even if it's the sort of film you can't really take seriously for a second. Read more

Andrew Frisicano, Time Out: What's left for the dead to say? Not much, it turns out. Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: A deadly dull and overly familiar movie about summoning ghosts that draws upon nearly every horror movie cliche. Read more

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture: Ouija isn't going to redefine the horror genre, but sometimes, it's just nice to have a movie that knows what it's doing and does it well. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: "Ouija" is hampered by the fact that watching a bunch of people sitting around a table is not inherently cinematic. Read more