Weak acting, shallow characters & simple plot - go and watch it!

Rating: 6/10 (13 June 2008)

I saw this movie yesterday, at its opening day in Santiago de Chile, apparently before its release in the US! It is not a great movie, the acting is weak. Mark Wahlberg's casting seems the worst error, even though the plot doesn't leave much room for character development and the movie as a whole seems to have been shot in a rush (it was actually shot in quite a short period of time). Yet, is has Shyamalan's signature all along. It is scary, with no digital monsters, buckets of blood, sinister killers or psychos hiding in the dark... despite a simple plot, shallow characters and weak acting, the wind blowing through grass and trees may prove enough to make you shiver. This kind of achievement is reserved for just a few directors, Shyamalan being one of this few. While we are still waiting for his 2nd masterpiece, this point makes this film worth a trip to the theater.