Lady in the Water

~ Movie Review ~

Lady in the Water
Despite the bad reviews this movie received, I decided to check it out anyway because I'm a fan of M. Night Shyamalan's earlier movies. It was actually pretty good. I enjoyed it, even though it wasn't scary at all. I guess you have to look at it as a bedtime story for grown-ups. The thing I like most about Shyamalan's movies, is that he likes to keep you guessing until the end. The only thing about this movie that spoiled it (for me, at least) is how quickly and easily everyone believed Story's story. Yes, you read that right... the lead female character's name is Story. o_O It didn't require any convincing; no one was at all skeptical. That just seems a little ridiculous to me. In this untrusting world we live in, no one would accept a story like that without some serious convincing, and hard evidence to back it up. But the acting was good, and the basic story was pretty solid, so it's worth watching if you like this kind of movie.
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Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep (Giamatti) is rescued by someone he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. He discovers that she is the real-life embodiment of a character from a bedtime story, who is trying to make the journey back to her home. Fighting disbelief, he rallies his tenants to help protect his new friend from the mysterious creature that is determined to prevent her from returning to her world.
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I give this movie 2 out of 5 stars. **

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