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Lady in the Water

  • 20062006
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 50m
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Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story w... Read allApartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect hi... Read allApartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.
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    • M. Night Shyamalan
    • M. Night Shyamalan
  • Stars
    • Paul Giamatti
    • Bryce Dallas Howard
    • Jeffrey Wright
    • M. Night Shyamalan
    • M. Night Shyamalan
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    • Paul Giamatti
    • Bryce Dallas Howard
    • Jeffrey Wright
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    Paul Giamatti
    Paul Giamatti
    • Cleveland Heep
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    • Story
    Jeffrey Wright
    Jeffrey Wright
    • Mr. Dury
    Bob Balaban
    Bob Balaban
    • Harry Farber
    Sarita Choudhury
    Sarita Choudhury
    • Anna Ran
    Cindy Cheung
    Cindy Cheung
    • Young-Soon Choi
    M. Night Shyamalan
    M. Night Shyamalan
    • Vick Ran
    Freddy Rodríguez
    Freddy Rodríguez
    • Reggie
    Bill Irwin
    Bill Irwin
    • Mr. Leeds
    Mary Beth Hurt
    Mary Beth Hurt
    • Mrs. Bell
    Noah Gray-Cabey
    Noah Gray-Cabey
    • Joey Dury
    Joseph D. Reitman
    Joseph D. Reitman
    • Long Haired Smoker
    Jared Harris
    Jared Harris
    • Goatee Smoker
    Grant Monohon
    • Emaciated Smoker
    John Boyd
    John Boyd
    • One-Eyebrow Smoker
    Ethan Cohn
    Ethan Cohn
    • Glasses Smoker
    June Kyoto Lu
    June Kyoto Lu
    • Mrs. Choi
    • (as June Kyoko Lu)
    Tovah Feldshuh
    Tovah Feldshuh
    • Mrs. Bubchik
      • M. Night Shyamalan
      • M. Night Shyamalan
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    • Trivia
      The reason for the film's $70m production budget, despite being set in one location, was because the apartment complex and the pool were built for the film. Some of this film was shot in Levittown, Pennsylvania at a Jacobson logistics warehouse site (director M. Night Shyamalan had committed to using films sites in PA). The set, built on the warehouse site, includes the apartment complex and a half city block of row houses. Occasional footage was shot inside the overflow area of the warehouse. Most of the filming was completed after Jacobson work hours.
    • Goofs
      (at around 32 mins) When he sees Vick's book "The Cookbook," Cleveland Heep says to himself, "This is s-s-s-s-silly." Stutterers often do not have a stammer when talking to themselves; they stutter primarily when talking to other people. However, Cleveland's stutter is a symptom of Post-traumatic Stress, in which case the stutter typically remains constant regardless of social situation until the stress is dealt with.
    • Quotes

      Story: [holding Cleveland's journal] Your thoughts are very sad. Most are of one night. A night a man entered your home when you were not there. He stole many things and killed your wife and children. That is when you stopped being happy. You were a doctor. I am very sorry for you. You believe you have no purpose. You help all that live here.

      Cleveland Heep: Anybody can do this job, Story.

      Story: You have a purpose. All beings have a purpose.

    • Crazy credits
      After the movie has ended, and all of the credits have scrolled, there appears the following dedication from M. Night Shyamalan: "To my daughters, I'll tell you this story one more time. But then go to bed."
    • Connections
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    7/10
    Not a great movie, but certainly not as bad as you've heard
    To start off with, I actually liked this movie, and at first I couldn't understand why some many people hated, but upon reflection i can see what some people reacted to so harshly.

    One thing I liked about the film is the simple story, or more accurately, the atmosphere. M. Night has always been better at creating a mood than fleshing out a story, but the premise of Lady in the Water works for me: It about people reacting to a fairy tale happening in real life. This concept probably put a lot of people off, the fact of the matter is this concept hasn't been used a lot (but it has been done before, i.e. Peter Weir's "The Last Wave", a deeper and more philosophical film), and people aren't used to it. Like I said, I liked it, but most of my friends thought it was stupid.

    The main thing that people hated was M. Night's own acting in the film, and on this I agree. He was without a doubt the worst thing in the film. It was a disgusting example of self-indulgence and self-importance, and more than that, he's just a terrible actor and he should stop.

    The one thing that I really had a hard time stomaching was the extended sequences with the party band, Silvertide. They were so awful I wanted to walk out of the movie. Picture a blonde version of The Black Crows with even less talent ripping through and f*(^king up a version of Dylan's "Maggie's farm".

    Those few things aside, the rest of the cast was great, I thought the story was simple and decent enough, the "film critic" part with Bob Balaban was funny, but M. Night was asking for it with that one, and the movie as a whole was entertaining.

    M. Night started out as the new golden boy of Hollywood with "The Sixth Sense", but many have felt he's lost his touch. The truth is he hasn't lost his touch, he just hasn't grown as a director. With "The 6th Sense", "Unbreakable", "Signs", "The Village", and now "The Happening", he keep tilling the same field. it's getting old. "The 6th Sense" was great, mostly because it was fresh, "Unbreakable" was entertaining for me at least due to the comic book references, but "Signs", "The Happening", and especially "The Village" were just plain terrible. "Lady In The Water" was a nice diversion from his formula, but it's getting tired. Perhaps M. Night would benefit from directing a script written by someone else, and not built around some moronic "twist" at the end, and most definitely not acting in it.
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      • July 21, 2006 (United States)
      • United States
      • Warner Bros (France)
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      • Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
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      • Blinding Edge Pictures
      • Legendary Entertainment
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