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A Film Review By Clyde Ayles

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Some call M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN a master story teller. I guess they never heard of Alfred Hitchcock. He was the master. Shyamalan has good ideas, but they never seem to come through on film. His one hit, as far as i am concerned was "Sixth Sense". "Signs" was going good until they showed the alien. That took it down to a grade b sci fi. "The Village"  bad.  Now we have "Lady In The Water',\. It's billed as a fairy tale. It should be billed as a bore.    The story centers on a handy man who is employed by Cove apartments in Cleveland. The handyman ( Award winner PAUL GIAMATTI) starts to notice some strange things about the swimming pool. Soon he finds what it is. He is visited by a strange young angelic looking girl  (Ron's daughter BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD)  She is a narf who lives under the pool. She has emerged with a message for mankind. But she is pursued by a strange four legged creature that is preventing her return to the sea. Soon the whole village gets together to help the lady whose name is Story.  Get It?                                                                    The director also writes in a part for himself just like Hitchcock.  But Hitchcock he ain't.      It has some good scary moments, but not enough to sustain the interest.        SEE YA AT THE MOVIES     CLYDE

  © 2006 Clyde Ayles