Lady in the Water

amazing everyone in the theater (100 people) for the advance showing were jaw dropped in aw. i thought it had great writing and character development. it was an amazing movie with metaphors all around it about the world we live in.... Full review

Night is a brilliant writer, and again, many people will miss the point of the whole film. Unfortunately, people will primarily be going to the theater to scream a few times at scrunt attacks, but many won't truly tap into the... Full review

Writer & Director M. Night Shyamalan again created another film that is both original and haunting. One thing I like most about his work is that all his movies do provide his audience something fresh and unique. From the Sixth Sense... Full review

I'm not even going to write a review because frankly no one's going to read it anyway. I do have to say this, movies aren't made like this anymore. Some movie watchers and critics today are as dull as their nitpicking... Full review

The Lady in the Water is definitely one of the most creative films I have seen in a very long time from Hollywood. The only reason I can see that the critics seem to have panned it, is that they expected... Full review

M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN ''I love [Lady In the Water ]. What I believe is important to make a good story is you have to put yourself into it. I love that f---ing movie, and if killing critics in a movie is going to get me that, it's all right. ... Full Review

More surprising than the film's creative detritus is how Lady in the Water fails on a technical level. Lady in the Water was made by Night, for Night, and about Night -- so fascinated by his own creative hiccups that he never considers whether anybody else might care. ... Full Review

Well, going into Lady in the Water, the score was tied 2-2, and I was honestly hoping, despite the early reviews, that Shyamalan would maybe take his new film a few steps back up the stairs. But, having said that, I expected it to be wacky and absurd from the beginning, so I wasnt at all surprised to be scratching my head and listening to the laughter coming from the audience at moments in the film where laughter wasnt intended. ... Full Review

Shes really fun and a really good actress. Talent pool He is the most unbelievably talented man, she says of Giamatti. ... Full Review

And so his newest film, Lady in the Water is also not bad, full of odd holes and plot troubles, but rich with beautiful ideas (and dark, shimmery cinematography by the great Christopher Doyle). Suddenly, a strange, beautiful girl called Story (Bryce Dallas Howard) rises out of the swimming pool. ... Full Review

April 23, 2008 If professional critics are the soothsayers of a filmmakers career, M. Night Shyamalans past few efforts place him somewhere between a foot in the grave and Uwe Boll. ... Full Article

J ust days after "winning" two Golden Raspberry (Razzie) Awards for his universally drubbed film Lady in the Water -Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor (yes, he cast himself in a key role)- M. ... Full Article

The basic story is pretty simple - A young girl (Howard) who lives in the blue world (the ocean) has been brought into the realm of man (a run-down apartment complex in Philadelphia) for something very important. While here, she ... Full Article

This gritty sci-fi for grown-ups is set in 2027: a futureless dystopian England suddenly plunged into further depression by the news that the world's youngest citizen, an 18- year-old man, has committed suicide. Yes, it's grim up... er, everywhere in ... Full Article

Send to a friend Can high definition improve a mediocre movie?The answer is a definitive yes.Or no, depending on how you define "definitive." ... Full Article