Ponderous, Wooden, Laughable, Dismal

Rating: Null/10 (11 September 2004)

This was two hours of my life stolen from me plus an abject waste of $A14. I'm shocked that the film gets such a high rating on IMDb. I see reviews of "it was so tense" ... "so exciting" ... it seems like my idea of supposed period drama is far removed from other peoples?!
Summary:
Ponderous, elephantine dialogue. Wooden, inept acting. Laughable, inane plot and twist.
A total and utter dismal and lugubrious waste of time.
Two things amused me:
The knife being withdrawn from Lucias' stomach (they should have then taken it to the writer/director/producer) and some of the camera work (especially the ending credits)
It's been all down hill for Shyamalan with that abysmal Signs and prior to that the scatological Unbreakable. I coped with the 6th Sense despite the twist giveaway 2 minutes in. Keep up this line of production and it will be back to Bollywood scripts for you, my lad.
One word: avoid.
0/10.