M in M. Knight stands for Maniacal Ego

Rating: 1/10 (9 August 2002)

M. Knight Shyamalan owes me $10 and two hours of my life back. This movie proves that he is a one hit wonder, still riding on the wave of ego building praise that Sixth Sense gave him. From the opening credits ("Written, Produced and Directed by M. Knight Shyamalan") to the closing credits ("An M. Knight Shyamalan Movie") to his own appearance as a minor but major to they storyline character, this movie seethed of him telling us how brilliant he thinks he is.
Put aside for a moment that this movie is about aliens, nothing in this movie made sense. From the very beginning of the movie, nothing made sense. What made Mel and Joaquin get out of bed at the very beginning of the movie and know that they had to run into the corn fields? What made the kids go into the corn fields in the first place? And the little girls first line, "Are you in my dream too?" HUH?
And please, M. Hit us over the head with your "clever" plot devices. The close up of Rory and the enhaler. Gee, is that going to be a plot device. The 3 second shot of the wall with the faded cross on it. What are you trying to tell us, M.? Mel is not a tidy person?
Do not go see this movie! While I think he is a great director, I sincerely hope this movie ends M.'s career as a writer, producer and actor.