Truly remarkable

Rating: 9/10 (24 November 2000)

Undeniably, there is a "Night Shyamalan" style. True, you might think from the trailer (and even, to some extent, from the movie itself) that he found one good recipe and is determined to stick to it, no matter how uncreative that would be. It turns out however that, as a true artist, while retaining the same eerie, slow-paced, subdued style of storytelling, Night Shyamalan's new movie has little in common with the first one, except maybe... well, both are masterpieces. The plot, although pretty simple, is cleverly crafted from beginning to end and once again, the final twist (unless you expect it, there are such smarties out there...) will leave you marveling at the director's cunningness.