Just Brilliant...

Rating: 8/10 (1 November 2008)

ALL SPOILERS ARE MILD, ENDING OR IMPORTANT PLOT ELEMENTS ARE NOT GIVEN AWAY.
Fist off, I want to make it clear that I have Never Been an M. Night Shyamalan fan. I liked the sixth sense(the ending really made the film), sings was ehh..., could've been better, could've been worse. Then I hated all his other movies(other than lady in the water, that was less than decent.) This movie was I'd say his best to date, along with the sixth sense. The basic plot of the film is that you have a high school biology(i believe) teacher, who is having some marital issues with his wife. Some airborne chemical is causing people to kill themselves in the easiest way possible.
VERY MILD SPOILER (they show it all. Putting yourself in front of a lion to be eaten and getting your arm ripped off, throwing yourself threw a window, etc.) VERY MILDER SPOILER'S END
But the sometimes gruesome, but normally brief deaths aren't what makes the movie. It is the light romantic undertone about the teacher and his wife, The sweet undertone of the aunt and her niece, and the question of what is causing all the chaos. This film is sometimes gruesome, intense, and disturbing, but for the most part, despite it's R rating, it is quite mild. This film is very creepy, from start to finish. The acting is good, for the most part.
SPOILER The only thing I did not like is I felt the graphic shooting of the two young boys was unnecessary. SPOILER END
It has a Strong start, and a strong finish. I do not want to say anything about the end, other than it is a very good ending, to a very good movie. Watch it and enjoy!
Kris