M. Night Shymalan's latest has been getting ripped apart by critics. It's not a classic M. Night film, but it's his style and writing that still makes it interesting. The beginning of the movie starts off with a bang and is very chilling! He builds suspense with the best of them. He's right up there with Hitchcock, but then he kinda twirls out of control in the second half. He sets up a very good and scary premise, but he doesn't quite know how to finish it. His movies are all about the characters and their relationships with each other over the gore or the fake scare. His screenplays tend to be written with a little different language than most and for that it seems a little wierd, but thinking back on all of his films, they are all like that and it's just his style. There is no crazy flip twisted ending here either. The climax that he does give you is a little lacking in film terms, but there is an ending and a little monolague at the end that tries to give answers, but fails. This was a very promising start and a decent enough of a finish to recommend it to you. If you enjoy his films, than give this a shot and you'll proabably have a '''what" reaction to it when it's over. That's what his films do. He doesn't make films by the book or the normal formula and that is why I still think he's one of the best film makers out there today. No matter what any critics or A.D.D. audiences think. This film is an aquired taste and belongs in his catalog of films to date. Not his best but not his worst. A new take on a different kind of horror film.
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