This movie is amazing. It very much carries over the visual style of Hideo Nakata from "Ring", but with a more polished feel.

Directing is excellent, acting is superb (especially the little girl). The visuals are fantastic and really set the eerie, dour and depressed tone for the movie. The sound is also very impressive, especially when experienced through a good 5.1 system.

As for the story, it really is brilliant. It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time and is completely enthralling.

It's the ending that sealed it for me though. Although the last 5 mins seem tacked on as an afterthought, the 10 mins preceeding it included some of the most exciting, heart-pounding and absolutely heart-breaking cinema I have seen for a long time.

I have never watched a movie that made me cry like a little girl... well, not since the age of about 5. But this managed it.

I cannot recommend this movie highly enough.