Low rent but high cost version of the "Twilight Zone" or "The Outer Limits"

Rating: 1/10 (3 August 2002)

Caution -- contains spoilers

Suspense? What suspense? The twists are so predictable and the plot so thin that it almost seemed that the script was nothing but an outline for a bad episode of the Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits. In the last part of the film I half expected the ghost of Rod Serling to appear and say 'Been there, Done that'. The so-called twist at the end is easy to predict and is something that would happen in a script written by fifth graders to scare each other in summer camp. The characters are trite to the point that Mr. Shyamalan should pay royalties to other filmmakers.
A new hyped ?Genius? has been anointed. This movie puzzled me because of the hype around it. The question is how such a sub-standard movie can become such a hit with audiences and critics. Is the quality of the product from the studios so bad that this predictable, hackneyed film can be considered art? Apparently so because most the votes here on IMDB are way above 7.
The acting is a mixed bag of okay to really bad. Mr. Willis can act and has in such films as The Kid, The Fifth Element, and The Story of Us, not to mention Moonlighting but in this film and the other waste of film stock Unbreakable his talent was not needed. I kept wondering during this film if Mr. Willis?s performance was so stiff because he thought he should play dead through the whole film or if perhaps acting with such a bad kid actor as Mr. Osment caused massive boredom. Ms. Williams is pretty but underutilized in this film. Ms. Collette can also act but again she had to act in scenes with Mr. Osment. This kid was really bad in this film with zero charm or screen charisma and even worse in AI. I kept waiting for his charactor to be killed in a really gruesome manner to add some sort of emotional spark to the movie. If Mr. Osment wants to stay in the business perhaps some acting lessons would help but it?s doubtfull.
Rated 1 out of 10. Don't lose 2 hours of your life to this movie.

For real suspense and great acting from everyone try Blood Simple from the Coen brothers. It will really surprise even the most jaded movie fan.