Critic Reviews
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Boston Globe Wesley Morris
There is a good chunk of Lady in the Water that is simply too well made and affectingly acted to dismiss as a mere exercise in arrogance.
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60
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The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
Shyamalan does project genuine menace and suspense into this mundane location, especially in nighttime scenes. But the magic that would transport you from reality into fantasy is missing.
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Shyamalan's most alienating and self-absorbed project to date.
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50
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
You leave Lady thinking there are still voices in Shyamalan's head well worth a listen.
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50
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Has the strengths and weaknesses of a one-man show.
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USA Today Mike Clark
The character played by lead Paul Giamatti is a dead-on Shyamalan protagonist: emotionally distanced and something of a train wreck.
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50
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Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
Lady in the Water boasts an eclectic cast - almost entirely squandered.
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New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Lady, like all of Shyamalan's movies, is a slick production with consistently interesting visuals... But the story is so convoluted and ultimately preposterous that you're almost embarrassed by the earnestness of the actors trying to carry it off.
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Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
It lacks the simplicity and resonance of classic fairy tales: It's so muddled and belabored, it's hard to imagine the tykes ever staying awake long enough to hear how it all turned out.
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Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
This cloying piece of claptrap sets a high-water mark for pomposity, condescension, false profundity and true turgidity -- no small accomplishment for the man whose last two features were the deadly duo "Signs" and "The Village."
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