Enjoyable

Rating: Null/10 (31 July 2004)

I personally liked this movie and found it enjoyable. It did drag a bit here and there, but I've come to expect that from pretty much every drama I see nowadays (I'm not the most patient of people). As for guessing the ending, I did as well. But since we all know that Shyamalan's movies always contain a twist ending, I was thinking over all the possibilities from the beginning. I was bound to get a few right. ;)
I found the movie to be spooky, though not outright scary. I guess for people who are looking for a lot of jump-at-you gore and horror, this wouldn't be their type of movie. But for those of us who like suspense, well that's what you'll get with this.
Another commentator mentioned that Bryce Howard's character doesn't "act" blind. It's mentioned at one point in the movie that she was not born blind, she went blind later in life. I can tell you that often those who had sight and lost it will still act in the same way they did before going blind. They remember what it was like to be sighted and will often unconsciously act as they used to. I know this from experience, as I have known two people who went blind later in life.
I found Howard's and Joaquin Phoenix's acting to be very enjoyable. Sigourney Weaver and William Hurt were great, as always.
Not Shyamalan's worst effort, in my opinion, but not quite his best. I think Signs is still my favorite out of all I've seen by him.