$50.8 Million At Box Office, Critics Go Figure!

Rating: 10/10 (1 August 2004)

Sad, the way the critics trashed and bad mouthed the movie. It was almost that they wanted to do everything in their power to stop this movie from succeeding. The film goers have answered.
That said, it is a very pretty movie, quite Hitchcockian in style. So much controversy has been evoked, it is worth watching just to find out what the hoopla is all about.
Although much has been said in comments here about how wooden Sigourney Weaver, Brendan Gleeson, etc. were, when you analyze the movie based on the ending, it seems necessary that they act wooden. That is what their characters demanded of them. Shyamalan does what Hitchcock did, make each actor perform a role that was the opposite of what they have done all along.
Shyamalan has, for the moment at least, decided to remain content as the modern day Hitchcock.
So what if he's a one trick pony? He's a pretty good one. What do you say about the Republicans who vote for Bush?