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Lady in the Water Director: M. Night Shyamalan Cast: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban

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  • DVD Release Date: 12/19/2006
  • Rating: Rated PG13
  • Sales Rank: 21,519

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Lady in the Water: A bedtime story; Reflections of Lady in the Water: 6-part documentary; Additional scenes; Auditions; Gag reel; Theatrical trailers; DVD-ROM pc weblink

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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Lady in the Water
1. Those in the Water [2:24]
2. The Cove's New Tenant [5:40]
3. "I Saw You!" [4:20]
4. Story [4:22]
5. Creature in the Grass [2:45]
6. Bedtime Story [3:47]
7. Quest for a Writer [6:11]
8. The Cookbook [4:07]
9. Possible Vessel [4:10]
10. Unsafe for Departure [3:44]
11. Justice in The Blue World [4:12]
12. Diving for KII [3:10]
13. Madam Narf [3:19]
14. Seeds of Change [2:41]
15. Role Players [5:31]
16. Interpreting a Plan [6:13]
17. Not the Guardian [5:20]
18. Vick's Future [4:25]
19. Storm Coming [2:31]
20. Predator Strikes [4:16]
21. Horror Moment [4:22]
22. New Interpretation [3:29]
23. Everything's Right Now [3:22]
24. The Healing [2:31]
25. The Guardian [3:40]
26. The Tartutic [:53]
27. The Great Eatlon [1:19]
28. End Credits [6:32]

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Editorial Reviews

M. Night Shyamalan writes and directs this self-proclaimed, grown-up "bedtime story" about an apartment building superintendent named Cleveland (Paul Giamatti) who discovers a magical sea-nymph named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard) who's been transported to this world and is living in the building's own swimming pool. As this bizarre revelation sinks in, Cleveland becomes enraptured by her other-worldly charm. As he shelters her in his apartment, other inhabitants of the building begin falling into place as representations of characters from an Eastern myth in which these mermaids, or "narfs," co-exist unhappily with more beastly and violent characters. In human reality, the forces of darkness that threaten the heroes of a fairy tale prove to be much more terrifying, and the victory of good over evil is by no means guaranteed. Jeffery Wright, Jared Harris and Mary Beth Hurt co-star, as well as Shyamalan himself, playing the visionary writer Vick. Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide

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Trash! Basura!by tito

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January 10, 2009: One of the worst films of the century! Instead of wasting my money on this crap (and also my time in the theater) I should have been taking a crap. Then after I would go to China Town fair and play Raiden, go out to a bar with some friends and get wasted, and finally wake up saying: "Wow I had a really good time last night!" But insted, I went to the movies with a friend to see this crap, big mistake!

This review was written about the DVD Wide Screen edition.

A change of opinionby Anonymous

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September 04, 2008: I'm a big fan of Shyamalan, but after having been quite disappointed by The Village I was hesitant to see Lady in the Water -- particularly after all of the bad press it had received. What I did do, though, was read a book already mentioned by another reviewer about the making of the film, entitled The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale. I was hoping it would provide some insight into both the man and the movie. It did just that -- and I do recommend it to any Shyamalan fan. It also left me very curious about the film, so I bought the DVD. The first time I watched it, I thought it was awful. So much so that I figured I had to have missed something very elemental. So I watched it again, looking for a key -- anything -- that would help me understand what Night was trying to convey. Unfortunately, I still thought it was awful after a second viewing. Oh no! So I watched it two more times. I suppose there are some folks who might think I'm nuts for trying so hard to appreciate a movie, but I felt compelled to do so. I couldn't believe that a man whose first three commercial films had blown me away could have followed them with such Grade-A clunkers. By the end of my 3rd viewing I'd had a couple of mild ah-ha moments -- I was finally starting to get it. During the 4th, it dawned on me that not only is suspension of disbelief required here, suspension of reality is necessary. Even though the story takes place in contemporary Philadelphia, the characters don't act in ways you'd expect or that even make sense. And that had been my main stumbling block. I'd been expecting characters to behave rationally in a movie with a Narf, a Scrunt, three Tartutic and a Great Eatlon. What could I have been thinking? I'd forgotten this is a bedtime story. I'd been watching it as an analytical adult. So after four viewings, my opinion of Lady in the Water has changed. It does have its flaws, to be sure -- but I no longer think it's awful. Parts of it are really quite beautiful. And the haunting score by James Newton Howard is exquisite. I wouldn't want to work this hard to like every movie I see, but in this case I feel the effort was warranted. It really paid off.

This review was written about the DVD Wide Screen edition.


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