Time Out says
It would be nice to credit Shyamalan with having enough faith in the power of storytelling to invent his own mythology, but the high-handed, hectoring insistence on unlocking mankind’s hidden potential really does inspire resistance, while the rigmarole of explaining the myth then applying it to the world of the astonishingly gullible apartment dwellers proves grindingly uninvolving when shoe-horned into suspense thriller format. Although Chris Doyle’s seaweed-hued cinematography gives the proceedings a certain visual allure, Giamatti’s emotional commitment to the role only illuminates the hollowness of the material, which offers a plum self-serving part to Shyamalan the performer. What was he thinking? This isn't just duff, it’s career-threatening catastrophic.
Release Details
- Rated:PG
- Release date:Friday 11 August 2006
Cast and crew
- Director:M Night Shyamalan
- Screenwriter:M Night Shyamalan
- Cast:
- Paul Giamatti
- Bryce Dallas Howard
- Bob Balaban
- Jeffery Wright
- Sarita Choudhury
- Freddy Rodriguez
- Bill Irwin
- Jared Harris
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