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Unbreakable (2000)

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Reviews Counted:154

Fresh:104

Rotten:50

Average Rating:6.2/10

Consensus: With a weaker ending, Unbreakable is not as a good as The Sixth Sense. However, it is a quietly suspenseful film that intrigues and engages, taking the audience through unpredictable twists and turns along the way.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] mature thematic elements including some disturbing violent content, and for a crude sexual reference

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Nov 22, 2000 Wide

Box Office: $92,914,916

Synopsis: UNBREAKABLE stars Bruce Willis as David Dunne, a Philadelphia security guard and the sole survivor of a disasterous train wreck. Not only is David still alive after the crash--he's completely... UNBREAKABLE stars Bruce Willis as David Dunne, a Philadelphia security guard and the sole survivor of a disasterous train wreck. Not only is David still alive after the crash--he's completely unharmed. After this miraculous incident, he's contacted by the mysterious Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), a dealer of comic book art who seems to have the opposite physicality--his bones tend to snap like twigs. As Elijah attempts to help the reluctant hero realize his superhuman potential, David tries to make amends with his estranged wife (Robin Wright Penn) and son (Spencer Treat Clark). Following the runaway success of THE SIXTH SENSE, writer-director M. Night Shyamalan once again teams up with Willis for another bleak supernatural tale with a surprising finale. Although Willis and Jackson are excellent in their roles, the highlights of the film are Eduardo Serra's cinematography and Shyamalan's direction, which are eerily atmospheric and inventive--in certain sequences, for example, entire scenes are shot as reflections on glass. UNBREAKABLE is a superhero film at heart, but Shyamalan's somber aesthetic transforms it into something far more intriguing. [More]

Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn, Spencer Treat Clark

Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Producer: Barry Mendel, Sam Mercer, M. Night Shyamalan
Composer: James Newton Howard
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

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Some audiences may find the ending silly, some may not find the ending a big deal, and some will be completely blown away. But you'll just have to watch and find out what the big deal is, won't you?

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

With all these superlatives, how could Shyamalan so badly misjudge vital elements to the story? The melodramatic elements take away substantially from much of what could otherwise be hailed as a masterpiece.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/18/08
Urban Cinefile Critics
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Urban Cinefile

The characters (especially Willis’) are drab and uninteresting, and the story, even allowing for the supernatural overtones, is unconvincing.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

The old magic fails to re-materialize, thanks to overwrought melodrama and contrived plot developments.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment 1 Comment
07/16/08
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter

a little too pretentious but still good

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
01/07/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

Shyamalan takes us in close, picking up sad and angry whispers; his people almost never raise their voices.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/25/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

The dialogue has more pauses than a High School production of Samuel Beckett. And while that works up to a point, you find yourself wanting to grab the characters and shake them out of their introspective stupors.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

With Unbreakable , Mr. Shyamalan establishes himself as a distinctive auteur with a very personal style.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
04/27/07
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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Shyamalan has already established his own personal stamp for his films.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Whereas The Sixth Sense left audiences surprised but surprisingly comfortable, this more mature and ambitious movie preserves its ambiguities and keeps everyone guessing.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Remarkable, dark, and surprising.

Full Review Source: Zertinet Movies | comment Comment
10/01/05
Steven Snyder
Steven Snyder
Zertinet Movies

Un hommage fulgurant à la bande dessinée dont bon nombre des adaptations qui ont suivi auraient gagné à prendre comme exemple.

Full Review Source: Panorama | comment Comment
09/22/05
Jean-François Vandeuren
Jean-François Vandeuren
Panorama

Unbreakable is an extraordinarily quiet movie. Impatient audience members will probably give up on the movie early, and they'll miss out.

Full Review Source: Looking Closer | comment 1 Comment
12/06/04
Jeffrey Overstreet
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer

Shyamalan has a way to go before ascending to the level of Alfred Hitchcock, the uncontested master of psychological suspense, but he clearly wants to do so.

Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | comment Comment
06/26/04
Judith Egerton
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

Might have made an interesting episode of the X-Files, but it fails as a full length movie.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
12/30/03
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

When was the last time a big budget Hollywood thriller (with Bruce Willis, no less) came off as understated?

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
05/20/03
Jim Shelby
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly

It is filled with interesting choices from behind the camera, giving a sometimes skewed perspective of the world, and meaningful silences in the dialogue, reminiscent of Pinter.

Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | comment Comment
02/08/03
John R. McEwen
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

A depressing, definitive case of a film that experiences in its third and final act what one could either call, charitably, a total loss of its convictions, or, less charitably, a total brain aneurysm.

Full Review Source: Nick's Flick Picks | comment Comment
01/10/03
Nick Davis
Nick Davis
Nick's Flick Picks

...the work of a movie-savvy intelligence who understands exactly what he's doing

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
12/08/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

I enjoyed the newer edition much more than last year's model.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Ron Wells
Ron Wells
Film Threat
 
 
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