EVERY WRITER HERE IS WRONG!

Rating: Null/10 (11 August 2002)

YOU ALL MISS THE POINT!
***WARNING: SPOILER***
This time the "twist" is at the beginning. The first thing the little girl says to her father is: "Why are you in my dream?"
The entire story is the little girl's dream.
Maybe even the death of the mother is part of the dream.

Everything that is goofy or illogical is part of the girl's dream: Hydrophobic aliens invading a water-covered planet; the girl's water glasses that end up saving the day; a picture in a book that looks just like their house; grownups who often seem childish, and a boy who talks like a 50-year-old man.
Maybe even the "last words" of the mother: Aren't they just too perfect? Like something in a dream?
Many people have written about what doesn't make sense in the movie. But every one of those elements makes perfect sense -- assuming that the movie is what the girl says it is: her dream.
Poor M. Night must be going crazy to think that people love his movie because they believe it's sci-fi.