A funny thing here is that I actually saw this in the cinema. To be honest I was busy doing other things at that time, and I always had the impression that this movie was passable. Now, 11 years later, I wanted to watch it again since I didn't remember anything from it at all.

And wow. What can I say? It's unbelievable that this abomination ever got sent to cinemas! When the movie ended I was literally questioning how that could have been possible. To say the least, it's one of the worst movies ever made, and to some extent it seemed to had been almost created intentionally awful. How else do you explain the acting from Paul Giamatti, which is by leaps and bounds one of the worst acting performances I have ever seen. Many of the support cast is bad too, but nothing compares to the lead role here. And the plot, I don't even know where to begin, it is simply atrocious. And boring. And completely nonsensical. And the directing is a trainwreck - it really seemed as if many shots are done awfully on purpose here too because how else would you explain it? But why would anyone do such a thing to his own movie? For some laughs maybe? Let me tell you, this movie is so bad that it's not even laughable, and I am not kidding. Nothing is funny here and it even started to get on my nerves towards the end.

It's also a complete joke how the movie does some of the most pathetic attempts I have ever seen at being clever. Like having a character talking about how people usually die in a horror movie and how cliche this and that is, and then the movie actually breaks the pattern, and if that wasn't pathetic enough, the way it does so is by the most PG friendly way I have ever seen, making the joke fall so flat that I am at a loss for words.

And I guess the ending is supposed to be a joke? Right? Like the rest of the movie then? I have no idea honestly, but it misfires with such a huge margin that it doesn't matter anyway. I have no idea what Shyamalan was doing here but he should be ashamed over each and every aspect of this movie. There are many movies that I don't like, but this and "Lights Out" are the only 2 movies I have ever wondered how they could be passed to cinemas. It's just so many levels down from what anyone could call a passable movie for any audience whatsoever. If you haven't got the hint yet, you shouldn't see this movie.