Reflections on the theme

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 2004)

I realize what a lot of people are saying is true; we usually expect more of the supernatural element in M. Night's films; however, we can't let our disappointment over the lack of the supernatural element here blind us to the point that is being made deep within this film and that theme is the length that some will go to in order to protect their families and, most importantly, their children from the cruel, violent world that exists outside our own front doors, and sometimes behind them. I think M. Night did a great job with this film, and I admit that I was a little disappointed as I was leaving the theater that there was not more of a "monster mania" twist to this film, but as I was driving home, I realized that this was a great film and that its meaning was there and we had to think about it to bring it out. Great literature is the kind that makes you think after you have read it, and great movies do the same. Way to go M. Night!!! Kudos to the master.