This is refreshing! I have not seen it yet but have seen three reviews with mostly pluses and minuses re the movie, BUT all agree, Josh Hartnett was very good. I’m going to see it. Unfortunately, most people go into M. Night’s movies thinking they are true “horror” but they are not. Even The Sixth Sense was not a traditional horror movie, neither Split, Signs, or The Visit. People I know say their main complaint is they come out of seeing some M. Night movies saying “that wasn’t scary enough” or “that was not horror”. I have liked almost all his movies, even “Lady in the Water” because I saw it as a fantasy type 😊movie rather than horror. Going as far back as “The Village” it had a fantasy feel to it. Some movies seem like mythical fantasy. I saw an interview with M. night many years ago where he talked about being told “stories” by a family member. I don’t remember the exact words but I think they involved fantasy and/or mythical creatures. Give his movies a chance by going into them with an open mind.
This movie was great in the beginning but just started falling off and off and off as it went on, becoming more and more nonsensical and barely coherent, barely resembling something well written, but it's not. I do appreciate the cinematography in this movie, it's really good.
He shouldn't be held up to the Sixth Sense every time, it's a decent thriller and the ending was fine. It needed a bit more tension, to be honest. Is it off the charts? No, but I would watch it again.
