Somewhere in Texas there's a village missing its idiot.

Rating: Null/10 (31 July 2004)

This is not a film masterpiece, but a project that ran out of steam. I had most of it figured out before the film ended. I believe this must of been a disappointment and waste of the talented actors time. There sure was a lot of potential and i'm not sure how it got squandered. Because of Shyamalan's other movies i'll be anticipating his next one. Could say a lot about the missed opportunities here. but I think expressing any more would be pointless. I had high expectations and they weren't met. The hype once again has exceeded, as it usually does the outcome of the movie. Religion as well as our current situation in the world could be parallelled to the storyline of this film. Monsters in the woods/terrorists lurking around every corner or if we break the rules or commandments we might go to hell. Maybe it's not that deep at all. Maybe it's just a story trying to have a real twist at the end, but the viewers are the ones getting twisted.