Quite well done, but a bit silly

Rating: 5/10 (13 October 2002)

I was never a big fan of "The Sixth Sense", so I was a bit wary of going to see this. I'd heard mixed reviews and frankly would have been happier going to see "Red Dragon" instead.
Yes, M. Night Shyamalan knows how to build tension. Yes, Mel Gibson is unusually good in this. Yes, Rory Culkin is good, too. But the aliens are just plain ridiculous. Frankly, Shyamalan is much better on the emotional bits than the scary sci-fi bits, which is what we paid to see. I'm not very impressed as you can tell.
5/10 is quite generous, but, as I say, it's just very well done silliness