Roger Ebert aparently didn’t like M. Night Shyamalan’s latest movie Lady in the Water. It boils down to a fairytale that originanted from him telling a story to his daughters. Of course thats one freaky fairytale to tell your kids.. but hey, if you’ve seen the American Express commercial, then you can expect it. Aparently its too confusing for the self absorbed movie critics who are looking or expecting some hidden meaning. Maybe beacause this movie lacks Shaymalan’s trademark “twist” at the end, they felt the need to bash it. The funny thing is, if you look a the reviews for the Village, they didn’t like that movie either.

Shyamalan is one of the movie industry’s most bankable directors, with his four major films–”The Sixth Sense,” “Unbreakable,” “Signs,” and “The Village”–achieving an average domestic gross of $160 million, which compares favorably to numbers rolled up by Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, and the Wachowski brothers. In terms of revenue, Shyamalan far outpaces better-known contemporaries like Quentin Tarantino, Tim Burton, Cameron Crowe, Kevin Smith, and the Farrelly brothers.

His films have featured actors from a revolving troupe drawn from all Hollywood strata: A-listers (Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis); children (Haley Joel Osment, Rory Culkin); young stars (Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, Bryce Dallas Howard); veterans (William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver); a Tony winner (Cherry Jones); and Samuel L. Jackson (Samuel L. Jackson). His next film, “Lady in the Water” is scheduled for a July release and stars Paul Giamatti and Howard. And like his prior movies, it was filmed in Pennsylvania, where Shyamalan lives.

So ignore the bad press, because if you like M Nights previous movies, most likley you’re gonig to enjoy this one as well.

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