in one word: excellent

Rating: 10/10 (10 January 2005)

The best way to judge this film IMO is just see it. Don't read the reviews or see the trailers. I didn't even bother to read the comments in IMDb. Being blanked, I see good casting and very good acting (especially by Ms. Bryce Howard). A very well shot scenery with its appropriate soundtrack. Then the story. If you are not expecting a copy of the Sixth Sense, then you will find a original plot; a mixed of romance, a sophisticate (thus, not cheap) thriller and original storyline. I think everybody know that there is something wrong with the notion of the "ceature", but nobody knows WHAT and WHY. It makes me very curious and here lies the originality IMHO. Some ppl said it is predictable. I bet they just want to look smarter than they are. Slowly at the climax of the film, in a flashback, Shymalan revealed the mystery piece by piece. A masterwork. 9/10.