3/4  The Ninth Gate Quick Review
Great movie all the way to the end, but then it became rather silly and out of place. Which was a bit of a shame. enjoyed it overall though.

3/4  The Ninth Gate Quick Review
I'm amazed at how good this movie is. I get wrapped into it each time (just twice). Which is weird. Because considering the subject matter I wouldn't expect to like it.

5/5 A creepy movie
  by P. Greco (Alpharetta, GA United States)
I've seen this movies so many times it never gets old. The blue ray version is really clear and crisp.

As for the movie, the story and the pace of the film will suck you in and make you wonder what will happen next and who is the good/bad guy.

5/5 "UNSCRUPULOUS!!! "Well....At least it finally has SUBTITLES!
  by j. (WDM.)
A wonderful take on the book 'The Club Dumas.' The originally released standard-definition disc was so 'bare,' it did not even have subtitles! The blu-ray does, but still lacks a healthy dose of extras. I watch this movie over-and-over, it is a true classic. Polanski cast such fantastic characters! My absolute favorite is (if you've seen the movie) "UNSCRUPULOUS! THOROUGHLY UNSCRUPULOUS!" LOL


3/5 Thought Maybe They Had Added An Ending This Time
  by Rick L. Parrish
The visuals are stunning, but the joke when this came out among my friends was that it had no ending. Like the Director just ran out of ideas. Well perhaps he'll have time to think one up now. Meanwhile as a blu-ray transfer it is great, but blu-ray can't fix the fundamental flaw.

1/5 Worst Blu-Ray Transfer Ever?
  by The Completist (Missoula, MT)
No matter what you think about "The Ninth Gate" as a story, the film's flaws are overshadowed by Darius Khondji's remarkable photography; in fact, that was one of two reasons I bought it on DVD when it came out: the visuals AND the fetishistic detail to the books (typefaces, engravings, and the sound the pages made when they turned...mmmmm). So I rented the Blu-ray version of the film to see if it was worth buying.

DEAR. GOD. This may very well be the worst Blu-ray transfer I have EVER seen thus far. Even worse that the legendary Digital Noise-riddled "Terminator 2" Blu-Ray. I barely got through my favorite 10 minutes of the film before I shut the whole thing off and took it back. The transfer is an UGLY washed out, aged-looking, and GRAINY-AS-ALL-GET-OUT P.O.S. and it's the only digital-age disc I've actually felt CHEATED on (even early-era DVDs had sharper advantages over video...plus you knew better re-releases would follow when DVD technology picked up, but at this point in technology this is inexcusable).

I cannot recommend a Blu-ray title LESS than this one. For me, Blu-ray is about the VIDEO and AUDIO, not about the film itself. Even if I think a movie sucks, I'll commend it if the Blu-ray transfer is good (I own "Transformers" for cryin' out loud), because that's what people want to know. But even at $9 this disc is a total rip-off and the studio should have known better than to release this to the public. I will wait for the re-issue...but not with bated breath.

5/5 Great movie finally on Blu Ray, but lacks features.
  by SalemsLot
This disc lacks special features and doesn't even port over the score only audio selection from the DVD release, but GREAT film! Johnny Depp is cool and Frank Langella is awesome in his small role.