Of course, nowadays, M. Night Shyamalan is ridiculed by most of the movie lovers in the whole world but there was a time when he was considered the next best thing. A year before releasing his smash hit 'The Sixth Sense', Shyamalan wrote and directed this movie which was barely noticed. As a matter of fact, although released in 1998, the film was actually produced in 1995 which is never a good ome... read more
"4.7.
M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN MARATON
Tässä pikkupojan isoisä kuolee ja poika alkaa pohtia, mikä on tämä Jumala, josta puhutaan. Asiaa auttaa se, että hän on katolilaisessa koulussa, ja nunnat auttavat häntä kertomalla siitä ihan ylivoimaisesti parhaasta. Perhe-elokuvamusiikki soi, ja sitten opitaan asioita elämästä. En ole aikoihin katsonut alle 90-minuuttista kokopitkää elokuvaa, ja siitä huolimatta tämä oli pahasti ylipitkä ja tylsä. Tämän jälkeen onneksi alkavat Shyam"
“Of course, nowadays, M. Night Shyamalan is ridiculed by most of the movie lovers in the whole world but there was a time when he was considered the next best thing. A year before releasing his smash hit 'The Sixth Sense', Shyamalan wrote and directed this movie which was barely noticed. As a matter of fact, although released in 1998, the film was actually produced in 1995 which is never a good omen... Anyway, I was curious to see what he did before reaching stardom so I checked it out anyway. Basically, it is a rather weak familly feature, nothing more, nothing less. As usual with Shyamalan's work, the whole thing is rather pretentious and, here, he tries to deal with some serious matter such as God and spirituality but it was pretty weak in my opinion. Above all, I thought the whole thing” read more
Bad☆Alice added this to a list 1 year, 7 months ago
""Before this year bullies were just bullies for no reason, weirdoes were just weird, and daredevils weren't afraid of anything. Before this year, people I loved lived forever. I spent this year looking for something and wound up seeing everything around me. It's like I was asleep before and finally woke up. Know what? I'm wide-awake now."
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Joshua Beal, Rosie O'Donnell, Denis Leary
Rating: 5/10
A warm and sometimes funnt film. But the plot is just so... "
portlander added this to a list 1 year, 9 months ago
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Synopsis
After a fifth grader from a small Philadelphia catholic elementary school looses his grandfather, he goes on a search for God aided by a sports loving nun, revealing the importance of family, friends, and the trials of growing up. Starring Rosie O'Donnell and Dennis Leary."
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