I actually had high hopes for the flick. The trailers looked all right to me, and I'm a fan of the original show: it's good great animation, good characterization, smooth pacing, and stylistic storytelling. When I was driving to the theater to see it I kept having nagging, doubtful thoughts in my mind. The director, M. Night Shymalan, has never directed a film I liked, not even the Sixth Sense. That film bored me. Unbreakable was such garbage that it was one of the few movies I demanded my money back from the theater. And after watching Signs on Showtime I just gave up on the guy. According to popular opinion, the Sixth Sense is his only true great hit; everything else he's made either gets negative or mixed reviews. He's one of those directors who shocks people by actually getting contracts.
I liked the show so much I threw away my doubts and watched the film. All I can say is that it's garbage, which is a huge understatement. Instead of writing my own review about it I decided to list as many links to negative reviews as I can. The movie is universally panned and even the good reviews slam it here and there. I want to feel sorry for the guy but this hack messed up a potentially great film from a great T.V. show. He said he watches the show with his 7-year old, but I find that impossible since the film was nothing like the show.
Here are the links:
Rottentomatoes
Screenrant
NYdailynews
Hypenmagazine
Roger Ebert destroys the movie in his latest Sun Times review
Speakeasy Blog
Ain't It Cool News
And lastly, the Spill Crew summed up this piece of rat trash movie perfectly:
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