Lady in the Water

I had high hopes for this movie. I remember seeing the first preview for it and wanting to see it immediately. The reviews and the reaction came out incredibly scathing. I still felt the need to see it for myself so... Full review

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

Wow!!! M. Night Shyamalan has once again created a masterpiece. A masterpiece that only a few could appreciate I think, after seeing the reviews for this film. M. Night Shyamalan once again has expanded himself to see outside the box and... 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

I wish these reviews would go straight to the author. I own this DVD and my daughter and I watch it all the time. The characters make you feel things...you're laughing with some; you feel compassion for others. The relationship between... Full review

A lot of people don't understand the parallels in this movie. They're pretty obvious and for people who just want to watch a movie and think about what they're watching, this movie is not for them. One review I read just... Full review

lady in the water was a great bed time story brought to life it makes you feel like your a kid again and your parents are reading you a really good fairy tale it has plenty of laughs scares and drama.... 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

The film is actually quite good if you bother to THINK. (We certainly can't have a filmmaker who causes the people to actually THINK!) His movies are viciously attacked while unimaginative and moronic movies are lauded by the critics. I mean... Full review

I watched this with my mother. We loved it. What we took away from the film was the truth that everyone has a gift, a special contribution to make in this world. Sometimes we don't realize what it is at first.... Full review

It's not enough that the internal logic never kicks in, nor that the performances are perfunctory, with even Giamatti and his considerable gifts struggling to make Heep lovable instead of annoying, no, Shyamalan goes the extra mile and makes the screenplay not so much a blueprint for action as an exercise in exposition from start to finish. ... Full Review

I had heard that this was a bad film. Truly remarkable filmmaking! Yet, the person who wrote the description for HBO spoke of Paul Giamatti's outstanding... ... Full Review

The movie isn't bad, it's just not that good. I really did not find myself caring about the Bryce Dallas Howard character and how she gets back home and all of the various twists and turns Paul Giamatti takes to make sure everything is perfect for her moment to go back home. ... Full Review

the wonder and imagination of his movies....the film's biggest failing....This entertaining film....But as an adult drama, it's a mess.....As a horror story, LADY IN THE WATER is half-hearted at best, its monster little more than a dramatic device..... ... Full Review

The best twist Shyamalan could offer now is a movie without a twist -....the writer/director has learned from his mistakes....Shyamalan would do well to give it a try.....Unfortunately, after three movies, Shyamalan fell into a bit of a repetitive trap.....Joseph Campbell fans aside, many found the story an incredible disappointment compared to the power player's previous flicks..... ... Full Review

It had everything to do with The Sixth Sense. By the time it officially hit theatres a couple of weeks later, the drama with the killer twist ending and the haunted kid who saw dead people was well on its... ... Full Article

The marriage of M Night Shyamalan and Disney produced The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs and The Village. Nevertheless, the fact that Shyamalan took Lady in The Water to Warner Brothers in hopes that the studio would understand and support this... ... Full Article

Sheldon A. Wiebe EclipseMagazine.com 06/30/10 09:31 PM The question is this: how does one adapt over four hundred minutes of story from twenty episodes of an excellent animated series into a one hundred-minute movie? ... Full Article