Much better than expected.

Rating: 8/10 (11 June 2002)

I don't know why, but I had rather low expectations of this film. I was definitely pleasantly surprised. I still wouldn't say this was a terribly great movie. It was good, but nothing great. I'm actually VERY shocked that this film made it into IMDB's top 250.
Also, I must admit that the film was MUCH better on the second viewing, perhaps it gets even better on the third time around. I'll have to test that theory one of these days.
The acting is pretty good for all the cast members, Nicole Kidman being the only cast-member that I've previously heard of. Although, I did recognize Christopher Eccleston (Charles Stewart) from "Gone in Sixty Seconds", but I certainly didn't know him by name when I first saw the film.
The story is quite interesting and takes a very interesting route of telling the story. There is a number of similarities between this film and "The Sixth Sense", but I think I must concede that this film is pretty good in it's own right. The only complaint about the story in the film is, I didn't like that the children had this weird photosensitive disease. Does this condition ACTUALLY exist? I can't imagine it does. But you know the saying, sometimes Fact is stranger than Fiction. The children having this condition does work quite well with the story, so maybe I should just accept it.
If you're into creepy/strange/odd/ghostly movies like "The Sixth Sense", then you'll probably like this film too. I would have a tough time saying this film is for everyone, but like I said, if you're into creepy movies, then you may want to take a peak. Anyhow, hope you enjoy the film, thanks for reading.
-Chris