I wanted to like it. I really did.

Rating: 3/10 (19 June 2008)

I even gave 3 stars because the main idea was intriguing. I liked Shyamalan's other movies, even The Village, and I like that he's a man of color in a predominately white industry. I wanted to show my support by going and watching this film. But it sucks. After the first 20 or so minutes, I realized that nothing new was going to happen. Whalberg figures out the plot half-way through the movie, and for the rest we're just watching him and Zooey D. run around in fields, interact with a crazy lady, and then figure out they're OK at the end. As a friend of mine said after we left the theater, Shyamalan had one great idea and made a movie out of it. But one great idea doesn't make a movie. I sincerely believe if he would have built on it and created some sub-plots that it could have been a good movie. But he didn't and man oh man was it boring.