An Engrossing Film

Rating: 10/10 (12 July 2001)

M. Night Shyamalan's follow-up film to "The Sixth Sense", is a real winner. Like "The Sixth Sense", "Unbreakable" is a relatively quiet picture, which moves slowly and deliberately, to its climax. The film is about people and the words they speak, not special effects (thank God!)
I found some of the panning and scanning and tilting and circling of the camera to be somewhat distracting; but overall, "Unbreakable" is a mesmerizing tale of an everyman, who comes to grips with his place in the world. It has solid performances from its cast, a wonderfully appropriate score by James Newton Howard, and first rate direction from Shyamalan. See only the widescreen version. Recommended.