Just not that impressed

Rating: 4/10 (12 August 2002)

This was a decent movie. There was a feeling about the movie, though, that there is probably some technical term for. Frequently during the movie there was a pause,or pose, as if everybody was saying "make sure you see how well this is photographed", or "make sure you see the symbolism here". There was a zombie-ish slow motion quality to the acting that I could just never get.
What was that with guys watching TV with their hands on their knees?

I'm generally impressed with child actors. Not this time. Gibson & Phoenix both seemed to be handicapped by direction that must have included a lot of "slow down, do less". In fact, the best performance in the movie was probably turned in by Shyamalan himself. Maybe he should back off on directing, and stick to acting.
I'll get over it. I was so looking forward to this, and I was so disappointed.