the rewards are that you do not know where this picture is taking you...

Rating: 10/10 (28 November 2000)

***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** Holy c***! (pardon my untamed colloquial expression) I cannot find anything wrong with this picture. I'll even extend the 'perfectness' of this film to the movie trailer I viewed a month or so ago. The theatre preview summed-up the first 15 minutes of the movie, that's all. The storyline is unpredictable, a refreshing entry in today's Hollywood blah-blah-Zzzzzzz..... If you haven't seen the movie yet, please do not read any further. MILD SPOILER ALERT!!! I recognise brilliance in the opening scene on the train, alternating from one character to the other, while hiding the former ... rotation centred on the comic book-gift ... Mr. Glass' cane shattering ... broken window pane of the train wreck revisited ... the perilous-pool tarpaulin scene ... and finally, David (Willis) bringing his wife (Robin Wright Penn) up the stairs in a scene that had to have been inspired by Superman carrying Lois Lane over Metropolis. Anyone else sense that? Shyamalan's 'Hero' = Humanitarian, Parent and Soul Mate