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All rights reserved.Lady in the Water (2006, DVD)
| Movie Description M. Night Shyamalan (THE SIXTH SENSE, THE VILLAGE) continues his mission to revive the ancient art of storytelling--which he has diagnosed as a dying art--melding aspects of the fantastic with the mundane, and bringing to life a mythology of his own concoction. Paul Giamatti (SIDEWAYS) is Cleveland Heep, the depressed caretaker of an apartment complex in suburban Philadelphia called the Cove--a location from which the film virtually never strays. He tends the homes of a host of loveable eccentrics, including Jeffrey Wright (SYRIANA) as a single dad, Sarita Choudhury (SHE HATE ME) and the director himself as brother-and-sister roommates, Bob Balaban as a cynical film critic, and Cindy Cheung as a college girl Cleveland befriends. When Cleveland is pulled from the pool by a mysterious young woman (Bryce Dallas Howard, THE VILLAGE) after a nasty bump on the head, he quickly discovers her true identity as a narf, one of an ancient race of water beings whose attempts at communication with humans have long ago ceased. As Cleveland attempts to return her to her world, uncovering the intricacies of the story from which she emerged and protecting her from the beasts that seek to thwart her, she helps him and many of the other residents find their true purpose in life, reaffirming the meaning it holds for them. Though the tale borders on overpopulation with many thinly drawn characters, and Shyamalan's own role is overtly reflective of the ego he is so often accused of, the tale manages to stimulate the imagination nonetheless. It achieves this by invoking universally affecting elements of myth and magic, and mesmerizing viewers with stunning photography by Wong Kar-Wai (CHUNGKING EXPRESS) regular Christopher Doyle.
Editorial Reviews New York Times - Manohla Dargis (07/21/2006) Total Film - Andy Lowe (09/01/2006) Ultimate DVD - Steve Dexter (09/01/2006) Sight and Sound - Kim Newman (10/01/2006) | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||
Top Reviews  A great cast and an incredible storyReview created: 12/12/06(updated 03/02/07) by:  19 of 27 people found this review helpful. Lady in the Water Paul Giamatti and Bryce Dallas Howard are absolutely spectacular, and the rest of the supporting cast does a great job as well. A lot of M. Night fans that I've talked to were dissapointed that Lady in the Water doesn't feature a twist ending, I was at first, but I realized that a story this great doesn't need a twist ending. Lady in the Water will have you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end, and the way all the characters tie together is absolutely fabulous. It might not be M. Nights best work, but he proves once again that he is one of the best Storytellers in Hollywood. Final Verdict: 5/5 Rent or Buy?: Any M. Night fan will want to own this one, as will any fan of a great fantasy story. IF YOU FIND THIS REVIEW HELPFUL PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE. Thank you. Review ID: 10000000002530529 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Should've Stayed In The Water !!!!Review created: 12/22/06(updated 01/09/07) by: 11 of 16 people found this review helpful. M. Night Shyamalan is the cinematic genius that brought us the shocking "Sixth Sense", provoking "Unbreakable" (about superheroes that are real), "Signs" and "The Village". While some felt "The Village" was his first "cinematic let-down", I defended it. I had felt "The Village" had the pace, direction and tension to deliver; (even though I feel/felt, we were let it on the secret of "The Village" too early in the film). -- Mr. Shyamalan's new "Lady In The Water", I'm afraid, is non-defendable. -- Perhaps direction, tension and Shyamalan's cinematic gift of intensity was "NOT" meant to be in this movie., in which case he has therein succeeded; however the end-result has suffered badly. Shyamalan's real gift of storytelling with deeply-drawn twists are his true talent and his success came from that., why change your formula? If the tension and gift for storytelling, with a twist, WAS intended, then he clearly missed the target on this film, sadly. -- Marketed as "A Bedtime Story: From M. Night Shyamalan" we are introduced to a "Narf", (female Nymph"), who has come onto land, from underwater in the swimming pool?? (Nobody noticed this underwater cavern designed to fit about 3 comfortably in a pool about 20 ft x 20 ft??). The Narf is to meet and bring out the future's best in the residents of an apartment complex with characters who all seem lost in the world's maze of life. After "seeing" a man who will write and produce a future major historical leader; (a writer's-blocked writer played by Shyamalan himself), she now must return to her world by having a mystical Eagle/Hawk lift her there, while a demonic "Creature of Grass", similar to an oversized Wolf, stalks her as prey to ensure she doesn't return to her Nymph-World where she will reign as a Queen now. -- Yeah, it's even too absurd for Shyamalan material!!!! -- The apartment complex residents all "Buy Into This Way Too Easy" !!!! And they jump in to assist, as a human "Dungeons & Dragons" game plays out., Without ever-questioning this "Old Fairy Tale Come True"; they all believe it instantly; and without a single seconds hesitation, rally around the "Nymp". Are you kidding me? -- The only features that even attempt to save this film are in fact "The Creatures of Grass". The Wolf is wildly evil and fast....but it needs to be put in his next film., the one he will have to make to save his reputation in Hollywood after this collapse in judgement. -- Don't bother seeing it. Read "Elmo" as a bedtime story., it's far more entertaining. (Fans of Shyamalan: Stick to "Sixth Sense", "Unbreakable", "Signs" and "The Village"., -- "Lady In The Water" is an honest failure. (Mr. Shyamalan, please return to the tension-filled beautifully slow storytelling you mastered. We miss it). -- Skip This In It's Entirety!!!! AWFUL PLEASE SEE MY OTHER REVIEWS FOR GREAT FILMS !!!! Review ID: 10000000002557506 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Lady should have stayed in the water2 of 6 people found this review helpful. The movie starts off vageuley intriguing but has so many characters it became confusing. The movie was promoted as a thriller. It was instead a fairytale. I am an M. Night fan but this not his best. The characters were all strange and I never cared what happened to any of them. There were some holes that were filled without explanation or reason. It seemed like they chose who was the guardian by whichever character remained. I was bored and could not wait for it to be over. I quickly saw why it bombed at the box office. Find another movie maybe The Sixth Sense or The Village but avoid this one. Review ID: 10000000002974908 Was this review helpful? Report this review ONE OF THE WORST MOVIES EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!Review created: 12/20/06 by: 1 of 8 people found this review helpful. Oh my God! Are you kidding me? I cannot recall more than a handful of worse movies I have seen, EVER!! Poor acting, TERRIBLE plot! M. Night Shamalan or whatever his name is, needs to take up golf or something. He hasn't had a winner since "Signs" with Mel Gibson, and even that one was marginal. If you watch this movie and like it, let me know. I have a Spice Girls movie I'll send you that you'd likely think worthy of an Oscar! CRAP!!!! DEFINITLEY AVOID!! Review ID: 10000000002552732 Was this review helpful? Report this review Reviews lllllllllllllllllokokokokokokokokokokokookpooko Review ID: 10000000008367750 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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