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Lady In The Water Details

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Kindly caretaker Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti, SIDEWAYS) discovers an elfin creature named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard, THE VILLAGE) living in the swimming pool of the apartment complex where he works. It soon becomes apparent to Cleveland that Story is not of this world, and that her mission to deliver a message to mankind is .. Read more

Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban
Director M. Night Shyamalan
Genres Audio Descriptive, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller

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Lady In The Water

Kindly caretaker Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti, SIDEWAYS) discovers an elfin creature named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard, THE VILLAGE) living in the swimming pool of the apartment complex where he works. It soon becomes apparent to Cleveland that Story is not of this world, and that her mission to deliver a message to mankind is fraught with danger. The stuttering caretaker tries valiantly to protect her so that she may have safe passage back to the Blue World from whence she came. Suspension of disbelief is mandatory in this beautifully realised modern day fable, directed by master of suspense M. Night Shyamalan, who puts his own unique spin on the conventions of the traditional fairy tale.

Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban, Freddy Rodríguez, Mary Beth Hurt, Jared Harris
Director M. Night Shyamalan
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 50 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 50 mins
HD DVD: 1 hr 45 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 12.gif
Genres Audio Descriptive, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
Language English, English Audio Description
Released DVD: 15 Jan 2007
Blu-ray: 26 Feb 2007
HD DVD: 26 Feb 2007
Production year: 2006
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (4) of Lady In The Water

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  • One of Shyamalan's admirable traits is that he never just homages earlier work, but always thoroughly overhauls his sources. There are traces in LADY IN THE WATER of TWILIGHT ZONE writer Rod Serling's tales...

    • Sight and Sound
    • Posted 08 Oct 2007

  • [T]hanks to superb performances, it's pretty engrossing. Howard draws you right in, there's no way not to empathize with Giamatti...

    • Ultimate DVD
    • Posted 08 Oct 2007

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  • 72 out of 84 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars

    WASTE OF TIME

    No plot, no decent actors, no nothing, what a waste of a sunday afternoon. I wish we had thrown this dvd in the water....

      • Lyndsey Wem from Birmingham
      • Posted 01 Apr 2007 18:51

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  • 4 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Not for the jaded

    As you can tell from the other reviews, you either hated or loved this movie. As someone who considers myself a realist, I was surprised that I loved it. It is based on a children's story that M. Knight developed for his children, and it translates beautifully to screen. The problem? It's was created and distributed as an movie for adults. In a world where people are paid to spend hours nitpicking everything that is wrong about movies, it's not surprising that it was so poorly recieved. If you still maintain a childlike quality and are able to allow yourself to be taken into another world that isn't based on the one you live in, you will love this movie. If not, I suggest you stick to the formula that Hollywood is handing you.

      • A customer from Scotland
      • Posted 04 Apr 2007 15:54

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