Ben’s rating: 
Review: I just got back from seeing M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water and my thoughts are that it is a well thought out film. M. Night did another great job with this movie as far as I’m concerned. Keep in mind, however, that I have thoroughly enjoyed every one of M. Night’s films; including The Village which got horrible reviews. Was Lady in the Water somewhat “M. Night” style? Yeah. But it really didn’t take away from the good plot and great acting.
I personally hate it when someone spoils a plot line for me so I won’t share anything that might make the movie less enjoyable for you. Basically the movie revolves around a bed-time story that turns out to be true. It involves a lady (duh), some monsters and some humans and some water which are sort of thrown into the mix together. It’s all done very well though; particularly because M. Night understands that most of his viewers have seen this type of movie before and often can “call” what’s going to happen next. He seems to go to lengths to compensate for that in this movie. The actors are also excellent.
The film made me laugh, cry, jump and hug my wife in joy. It earned a PG13 rating, I feel, due to its intense nature and not because of language, nudity or violence. Actually, I can’t remember any instances of those.
Still, the movie only gets three and a half stars from me because at certain points it was somewhat predictable. Also, it was sometimes hard for me to temporarily suspend disbelief; some concepts were a little outlandish for me. Overall though, definitely worth seeing. If you get the chace to see it on the big screen you should go for it because the suspense and startling moments will be more intense. But…if you want to wait until it comes out on DVD I don’t think you’ll be missing out.
