VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Nitzan Havoc To be honest, I'm not quite sure what to make of Ouija. As a devout Horror fan with a special liking to Ghost-Stories, I've seen my share of séance related films and other ghost films. Ouija seems to have very little, if at all, original content.The main idea of the story is pretty good, and could have been used much better for the film. The script is rather annoying, with constant jumps between two or three languages, sometimes in mid sentence (you get used to it after a while, in a way). The acting is OK but not fancy. The cinematography is quite suitable for a ghost story, but the direction simply lacks. Too many scenes seem either stacked together or not at all related to each other. It appears that director Topel Lee has taken features from famous Asian horror films like Thai film Alone (2007), Shutter, and the famous Ju-on (The Grudge), and the film feels like a non original puzzle put together in quite a clumsy way.Many might disagree with my personal opinion, and I am of course in no position to pass judgement, but I simply didn't enjoy Ouija. It's not original, not scary, and not good. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

jcranma This film borrows heavily from other more successful horror films. There were times that it seems like Ouija was lifting scenes from the original Grudge series and other successful J-horror films. The scary scenes are generic yet moderately effective, but I give it credit for exploring the family conflict while delving into the supernatural aspects and the location shooting added a bit. Picturesque locations contributed a bit. Not that there is anything wrong copying more successful trends, this film just doesn't add enough originality of its own. I expected more from the cast. With Calzado and Santos (and yes she can turn in wonderful performances, armchair critics!) onboard with some good actors around, acceptable performances can be considered a let down from them. While Filipino horror films like Sukob, Feng Shui, and Pa-Siyam featured local Filipino superstitions, Ouija is happy to borrow trends, successful ones at that. Try those horror films before renting this. Those films can compete with the best the continent can offer. Horror fans and those looking for Filipino films could certainly pick better films than this.

jmbwithcats When I first heard about this movie, it was from a reviewer on IMDb who rated it as highly as the original Ring and A Tale of Two Sisters. I respectfully disagree with this assessment.This isn't to say I hated it but rather it was a bit more obvious, linear and formulaic than The Ring and A Tale of Two Sisters.The first half hour of Ouija is cliché driven plot development, but without much merit. There is nothing to really set it apart or grab the attention.The movie feels utterly lukewarm. But then the movie starts to take off as the after effects of the Ouija unopposed begin to manifest. In fact almost every scare in the movie was predictable, ineffective, and uninspired. They needed to dig a lot deeper to be anywhere in the league of A Tale of Two Sisters. But I digress.The movie begins with 4 girls playing with a Ouija board as kids calling out to the "Spirit of the Glass", which leads them to experience some rather odd things but grandmother stops it with an incantation at the water's edge.We then move 10 years into the future, where the girls on the beach call forth the grandmother who had recently died, with the use of the Ouija board again which leads again to bizarre happenings, but this time the grandmother is not there to stop it.The girls are really quite beautiful, which doesn't hurt, but I cannot say the movie was scary at all. And while it wasn't scary, it wasn't terrible either. It was just too simplistic.And like another mentioned, it stole many elements blatantly from other films in the genre including Ju-On, where at least one entire scene was stolen, The Ring, Dark Water, and others.Ouija is a horror movie for kids just watching their first scary movies.6/10

3xHCCH Of the big movies in theaters this week like "Ratatouille" and "The Simpsons", I chose to watch this local horror flick first. Okay, so I am a sucker for these glossy local horror films. I really enjoyed watching "Feng Shui" and "Sukob" very much, and recommended them effusively to my friends at that time. Liked those clever little twists at the end for both these flicks. Although, I only realized recently that the twist of "Sukob" is quite similar to that of "Sigaw" (which is now in production in Hollywood as "The Echo") when I caught the latter film on TV.Now back to "Ouija". The 'spirit of the glass" story has been done very many times, hasn't it? This one, though, goes one bit further because the ghost can torment the victims even if they are already far away from the scene of the original séance. And furthermore, the ghost can torment separate victims simultaneously! This concept innovation led to a very entertaining scare-fest in the middle part of the film where three parallel ghost attacks were shown interlaced with each other. That was a great film editing achievement! I also liked the ending. Okay, there's a twist when you least expected it. I don't spend time in films like this to try to predict the twist. I want to enjoy the revelation. That is why when it came, I think that this twist was rather intelligent and logical. Nice touch.Now for the minuses. I think this film is replete with borrowed previously done Asian horror gimmicks. How many times can they rehash the dirty long-haired girl in white crawling with jerky movements (famously done in "Ringu")? Or the ghost girl appearing under the blanket where a frightened character was hiding (first seen in The Grudge")? Or will there always be a bathroom stall scene in these films??? Argghhh! I wish they would stick to more original scare tactics (which they had) than merely repeat classic scenes. These very familiar scenes diminish really the scare factor.Now for the actresses. I must say that the presence of superstar Judy Ann Santos is quite distracting (more distracting than Kris Aquino in "Feng Shui" and "Sukob"). It is so anti-type, that it seemed very artificial for her to portray a chain-smoking bitchy lawyer. Jolina Magdangal, on the other hand, underplays her quiet part quite effectively. Iza Calzado seems a bit out of place as a narcissistic hammy stage actress, providing some comic relief.Some very effective scary scenes (except for those obviously copied ones) with excellent editing, cinematography and music. And for me, a good ending. Good enough!