Watch Lady in the Water For Free

Simply Perfect

Just perfect...

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world. Lady in the Water is one of those M. Night Shyamalan that showcase that he might have been a bit insane to begin with, first of all the movie is dull and boring, the acting kinda meh except Bryce Dallas Howard and those scenes with Bob Balaban and Freddy Rodriguez were laughably bad. Definitely even worse than 'The Village' (3/10)

When "Lady In The Water" first hit DVD/BluRay in December of 2006, I eagerly snatched it up in anticipation of M. Night Shyamalan's next masterpiece following "The Village". After viewing it at that time, I thought it was one of the worst movies I had ever seen in my life. Six years later, after watching the film again with a younger sibling, I finally was able to understand the overall concept and thoroughly enjoy the experience.For a basic plot summary, "Lady In The Water" takes place in "The Cove", an apartment complex (complete with swimming pool) owned by Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti). When a mermaid-like being named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard) suddenly turns up in Heep's pool, an entirely new world (with completely new beings) is discovered, one that Story must get back to at all costs.If you try to compare "Lady in the Water" to M. Night's earlier fare, you will be severely disappointed. This is not a "surprise ending" film, nor is it a psychological thriller. Comparing it to movies like "Signs", "The Sixth Sense", "Unbreakable", & "The Village" is like comparing apples to oranges. When I originally watched the film, I was expecting the past and missed what this movie really is all about.The real genius of this movie? It is essentially a modern-day fairy tale. Based on a bedtime story M. Night told his children that later took on epic proportions, Shyamalan adapted the story into a major motion picture. As such, the story is incredibly original and quite fantastical, filled with imaginative characters and quirky real-life individuals. This project is a labor of love for M. Night, and I respect him for making it and making it well.The only reason I can't give this film a full five stars is because some of the plot points do not exactly line up. Yes, it is a fairy tale, but it is quite a bit fractured at that. It contains nothing "worthy" of the multiple Razzy Awards it ended up winning, but a few points in the film are a bit confusing/nonsensical.Overall, upon second viewing (with a completely different frame of mind), "Lady In The Water" is inches shy of a truly classic film. Once you understand WHY M. Night made the movie, you'll respect it in a completely different light.

I really enjoyed the movie and this movie is not bad at all. No famous actors and a lot of "normal" people. Very good movie in my opinion. Maybe not as good as other films of the same director (The Sixth Sense, village), but it's definitely a good movie that u can benefit from . This is also great movie plurality of meanings with a great cast proves again that Shyamalan, the director even though he is one of the directors at the most professional and interesting work in industry. The story is the imagination of the creator of the film, he decided to tell his children before bedtime and turn it into a film. Very interesting. Worth a watch.

This fantasy film talks about the appearance of a sea nymph in the pool of an apartment complex where Cleveland is caretaker. The nymph, Story, will then change the lives of all residents, need to help them to fulfill her mission and return to her world. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan (who also is one of the leading roles), has Bryce Dallas Howard as the protagonist. M. Night Shyamalan has accustomed us to stories with a touch of fantasy and imagination. Its as if this remarkable filmmaker refused to grow and would like to make his films with the imagination of a child playing with a camera. And, in this movie, its pretty much what happens, having himself gone head to the front of them and "playing" with the story that he's creating (as he also wrote the script). But don't think that this movie is bad. It's a good movie has touching scenes and reaches the audience for our children's side, the child that we all have within us. We would like that the plot was real and could be a creature so kind and innocent as that nymph. We would like to see people collaborate as in the movie on several occasions. And that makes us enjoy the film.