Disappointed

Rating: Null/10 (31 July 2004)

With this being a Shymalan film, I was not expecting to be disappointed. And the trailers seemed to be very promising as well. But I must say, this movie left me feeling very unfulfilled. First of all, it wasn't scary. Every scary element in the movie, was shown during the trailers. If you've seen all the trailers, then you're going to be familiar with all the scare scenes. Second, the movie was just WAY too slow for the first 30 minutes or so. And once we finally got an intense moment, the film's intensity quickly tapered back off again for awhile. It never really kept your adrenaline flowing at all.
I'll admit, the ending threw me for a loop and at least made up for most of what the film lacked. But other than that, the acting of Howard and the cinematography were the only positives in my opinion. Big letdown for me and there were actually a few people in the theater that left early. In my opinion, wait for the DVD. If you simply must go see it, at least catch a matinée so you don't waste upwards of $10 on this film. And don't expect to be terrified by this movie because it's more of a love story than anything else.