The Trailer was Better than the movie

Rating: 5/10 (30 July 2004)

You know...I love M. Night Shyamalan 's work up until this movie. I thought Signs was one of his best...I had high hopes for this one as the trailer (which I've seen 15 billion times in theatres and TV) was showing the potential for another excellent movie from him. Well this is the case where the trailer was totally misleading as to what the movie was about. When the `twist' was revealed, I could've gotten up and left the theater right then and there. The ONLY thing that kept me there is I'm a fan of Joaquin Phoenix. He was excellent in his role as Lucius. Also, I was blown away by Bryce Dallas Howard's portrayal of Ivy. The acting was very good in the movie, but the storyoh manif the movie was about what the trailer was showing us all these many months, this could've been an awesome movie..