I bet M.Night Shyamalan went to film school!

Rating: 5/10 (30 June 2001)

Here is a movie that was well written, well acted, and well packaged. Here is also a movie thats musical score didn't realize it wasn't in the Abyss, and who's director was overly directing. M.Night has done a horrible job of directing. He tries to add an extra thought by retardly putting the camera in the most annoying places. He started to do this in Sixth Sense with that stupid idea about RED. And he also puts himself in his films, when he does it you know it's him trying to be a director. The writing was good, but so Syd Field. I bet M.Night stayed up late every night reading that screenplay book. You can tell that before he wrote anything down he marked pages 30, 60, and 90 for plot points.
Also, he had everybody whisper, which was creepy and moody for Sixth Sense, here it comes off goofy and lame. This film had a small idea, and with no imagination it went nowhere. It's obvious that M.Night is influenced by Kubrick, and yes, Unbreakable is a film Kubrick would have made if he had no imagination or talent.
Advise to M.Night: "KNOCK IT OFF! Film school can teach you the basics, you have to do the rest with your imagination, not text books!" ** (TWO STARS OUT OF FOUR)