Huge let down (6 of 10)

Rating: Null/10 (22 January 2003)

Most of the movie is quite suspenseful, although some scenes you definitely get the feeling that it is trying to hard to be eerie.
As for the underlying tone about 'signs' and the movie's supposed "not an alien movie" appeal,,, its crap. Efforts to tie this into the main plot line are trite, boring and uninspiring
*** Mild-Spoilers Below ***
The ending is ridiculously horrible and anti-climactic. There is no "twist" at all, and nothing about the end scene is even remotely surprising or believable.
Its been said on here numerous times, but the fact that humidity alone would have killed these things can't be forgotten.
Maybe thats why intelligent viewers dont consider the end a twist, or even believable, because they had already deduced that water couldn't have been harmful to them.
The direction is still really really good, but the ending ruins what could have been a really awesome movie.