A beautifully made movie about loss, pain, confusion/compassion, love, and redemption.
The music is appropriately sad but beautiful.
There’s an air of sadness and loss throughout the entire film that is understandable given both its subject matter and the ending twist. It’s there, for me, as it was 14 years ago when I saw it the first time…when I DIDN’T know about the twist, not til the end.
Willis is good, Osment is great. Shyamalan has never come close since in my limited experience. The movie of his career, I’d say with virtual certainty, before his career is over.
VERY creepy, even after repeated viewings.
Quite touching in parts, especially as it gets closer to the end; sometimes sad and/or creepy at the same time.
There are a few lulls…but very few. A great film.
And perhaps it’s because it reaches into some part of me, and some part of what was – but I can’t help but cry when Osment and his mother talk in the car, near the end. It’s very comforting to know I can still do that, sometimes. If you don’t understand that’s alright…this is for me.
Inspirational Quote: “They don’t have meetings about rainbows.”
Grade: A
4/16/14: Instead of the joke I planned – which doesn’t fit here, or HERE, in my mind – I will just say that I think I knew I was using the same word multiple times but the REASON I didn’t alter that wasn’t because I couldn’t think of a synonym for “sad” or “beautiful”…I think, and hope as this to me is somewhat of a beautiful memory, that I used the words because they fit. And I didn’t care if they echoed. As with almost all my, or anyone’s, best work, there’s feeling in this. Grade: A
11/12/16: Edited to remove spoiler, just in case. Grade: A