The real twist is that you want to kill yourself after watching it.

Rating: 1/10 (17 June 2008)

I have seen a lot of bad movies... But honestly, when I see actors like Wahlberg and Deschanel in a movie written and directed by someone who is supposed to be extremely talented (like M. Night, key words supposed to be) I expect something better than Pluto Nash. This film didn't deliver.
I came to the theater with very low expectations after his last two films. I am not an M. Night fan boy, but I have enjoyed a couple of his movies. Not having either a love or hate for him, I would've been satisfied with just a mediocre suspense flick, but this film fell so far from even mediocrity I honestly can't figure out how it ever got produced and released. M. Night was harping about how this movie was "absolutely terrifying," before its release, yet there was not one scene in the entire movie that was even a little bit scary or suspenseful. A little too big a fan of himself perhaps, but that's another matter completely.
Several times we saw the boom mics fall down into the camera view, and the "special effects" were so bad that everyone in the theater laughed at most of the scenes, even some of the more key ones that should've been dramatic. The acting was the most horrible thing I've seen in a big budget movie, and I say that with absolutely no exaggeration. M. Nights direction and writing were laughable. I don't know what else to say about it. After watching this movie I felt robbed. I want my $15 back for those tickets.
The most frustrating thing is that the movie is so bad that I know it must sound like this review is exaggerated, but it honestly is not and it's difficult to get that through when a movie is this bad. The acting is the worst I've ever seen. The plot development is terrible. The pacing is terrible. The writing is terrible. The direction is terrible. From the opening scene, I should've known right then to turn and run, but this is one of those movies you just keep thinking "it has to get better, right?" But it never does.
I think the real twist in this movie (other than the total cop out, afterthought, ridiculous ending) is that after watching it, you actually want to kill yourself.
After this, I can honestly say I will never pay to see another M. Night movie, and I hope that many people agree with me so that we never have another "The Happening" from this narcissistic no talent writer/director.