Excellent suspenseful thriller, with an unnerving edge.

Rating: 10/10 (25 September 2002)

An excellent film from M. Night Shyamalan, once again. He even manages to show us more tricks and twists up his sleeve, although not so pivotal as Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, they are still there to be seen nonetheless.
Mel Gibson is excellent in this movie, and you could so have seen Bruce Willis reliving his previous acting roles here. Joaquin Pheonix, whom I've always considered a great actor, shows me just why I thought that in a great supporting role. However, Rory Culkin didn't really hit the mark for me, but that was quickly forgotten.
The plot is superb, and although huge in size, Shyamalan has decided to concentrate on a personal side to the story, a small family and how they are affected by strange events. I am going to try hard and say nothing about the story at all, for despite what all will say about there not being spoilers, if someone is telling you something about the film, then it is!
I have never heard an audience scream or sigh relief before, not to this degree anyway, and I have not experienced such a feeling of uneasiness and nervousness in a movie for a very long time. By not showing you events, and choosing to concentrate on reactions and noises, you are spooked and on the edge of your seat much more than if you were just shown it.
Everything is rounded and tied off perfectly, and there's such a feeling of having experienced a great movie. I find it hard to fault at all, with laughter coming right in the thick of moments of suspense and fear, and not missing a beat of the script, it shows what a great writer and director Shyamalan is. I've said this twice already, and here I go againI can't wait for his next movie!