Why Is This Movie Being Overly Criticized?

Rating: Null/10 (11 August 2004)

Why is there so much bad word of mouth for this movie? I saw it a enjoyed it very much. It's getting that same word of mouth that Unbreakable had. Maybe because Signs made the money and had more scares than this movie that the expectations were way to high. Unbreakable had that effect. How did he expect to follow The Sixth Sense with another huge box office film. As watching it, I knew the twists but still found myself wound up in the story. Yes the script wasn't all that, but the actors and the brilliant direction that M. Night took was brilliant. I think that people went in thinking it was going to be a serious suspense/thriller with many scares and instead got a romance like drama about facing fear that overtook the village? While i didn't feel scared (even though I could feel my heart beat up during the scene with Ivy in the woods and the first sight of the creature)I thought that he did keep everyone wondering what was going to happen next proving it to be an effective suspense film. Does anyone else agree that it is being bad mouthed a little too harshly?