worth a second look

Rating: 9/10 (13 December 2000)

It unnerves me that there are so many thoughtlessly dismissive reviews listed for this film. Granted - on first viewing, I thought the thing was clever, pleasant, perhaps a bit slow-paced. Still, I wonder what sort of background one must have to be unable to appreciate subtleness.
That said - on second viewing I realized that -Unbreakable- is definitely on par with its sibling -Sixth Sense-. As with any good twist-ending movie, it was fun to watch MNS rub his punchline in the audience's faces. The transcendent part, though, was all the tiny innuendoes. A second-timer has the leisure to notice colors, lighting effects, tiny musical references, and even a certain consistency among Elijah Price's first few scenes.