Huge Disappointment

Rating: 5/10 (5 July 2001)

All the ingredients were there for a terrific film. But the weakness in "Unbreakable" surprisingly came down to a very weak script. I believe that Mr. Shyamalan's "Sixth Sense" was one of the nicest surprises of the last few years. "Unbreakable" could have used a lot of reworking. The premise was fine, but boy what a letdown. You know I hate it when critics say "You know if they'd only done this or that it would have been a great film." But this is one film where I feel that most of us who felt that it was a weak trifle would have such comments. I expect great things from M Night Shyamalan in the future. Let's hope that twenty years from now "Unbreakable" is looked at as the weak point in his career as opposed to the "Sixth Sense" being the writer/director's one hit wonder. 5/10