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It’s hard to care about situations that have been designed only to obscure the ultimate twist.

Picturesque, slightly haunting but silly in a frustrating way.

A timely mention of the ways that violence begets violence, and in how effective terror can be in keeping people under control.

Shyamalan can't brings himself to abandon the familiar. Until he does, however, he's just going to keep coming back with diminishing returns.

It is not a bad film, despite its goofy plot, thanks to top-flight acting.

[The love story] between the two young, uncorrupted stars suffuses the entire movie and has made me forgive, if not forget, the movie's flaws.

... a Sleepy Hollow-like folk tale that is light on character development and heavy on symbolism and suggestion.

...an enigma to which each viewer must bring something and from which each viewer will most likely take something away. In my case, I brought a lot more than I took away.

Still one inventive, scary and heartfelt movie.