Just keeps getting worse

Rating: 6/10 (18 August 2002)

The movie was fun in the theaters, it had some good scares. But whereas the Sixth Sense (and to some extent, Unbreakable) made me want to see them again immediately, this movie could not stand up to a second viewing. In the 6th Sense, the twin stories of the supernatural and human drama were closely intertwined, making a tight story. Here, Shyamalan cannot make the separate plots work together. They become two completely different stories that end up dragging each other down.
Aliens are coming... what will happen? Suspense.
They will knock around the house for a few hours and then run away. Stupidity.
The more I think back to the movie, the more problems I find. Too, too many problems to even begin listing them. Problems that render both stories ineffective. The director feels he has to keep making the same type of movie every time. Even the formula itself is getting old.