Great Directing, Great Acting, Brilliant Movie!!!

Rating: 8/10 (20 September 2004)

The fact that Sigourney Weaver had nightmares for two weeks after she read the script of this movie shocked me because it simply wasn't that kind of movie. It wasn't made to leave you having nightmares or lying in bed awake for the next two weeks. The bits that were meant two be scary were there just to give you an instant shock. What this movie was obviously trying to achieve was leaving you thinking about that little parts and whether or not they added up to the storyline. The storyline itself was stunning and original. M. Night Shyamalan is an excellent, brilliant and original writer and director and the fact that he has cameos in all his movies is another original thing that he does which I think is very clever. He's not at all a bad actor either. The best part about him being in the movie is that he can do it exactly how he wants which no actor could do. Joaquin Phoenix's acting was perfect and the trivia that the role was written for him was something I could believe. Sigourney Weaver nothing special from her, didn't stand out. Bryce Dallas Howard was excellent in her blind woman's role although it was quite hard to catch on to the fact she was blind at the start. William Hurt was without a doubt the second best performance in this film by a mile but the stand out for me was Adrien Brody playing the retard. After seeing this performance I can't wait to see him in his next big role movie King Kong. All in all an outstanding movie that is well worth it's money and much much more.