Unbreakable (2000)
67 %
Reviews Counted: 146 Fresh: 98 Rotten:48 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.
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
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 unharmed. After this miraculous incident, he's contacted by the mysterious Elijah Price (Samuel... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Producer: Barry Mendel, Sam Mercer, M. Night Shyamalan
Composer: James Newton Howard
Producer: Barry Mendel, Sam Mercer, M. Night Shyamalan
Composer: James Newton Howard
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Reviews
The old magic fails to re-materialize, thanks to overwrought melodrama and contrived plot developments.
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07/16/08
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03/31/08
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Shyamalan takes us in close, picking up sad and angry whispers; his people almost never raise their voices.
07/25/07
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04/27/07
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Shyamalan has already established his own personal stamp for his films.
05/26/06
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02/09/06
Un hommage fulgurant à la bande dessinée dont bon nombre des adaptations qui ont suivi auraient gagné à prendre comme exemple.
09/22/05
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.
06/26/04
Might have made an interesting episode of the X-Files, but it fails as a full length movie.
12/30/03
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05/22/03
When was the last time a big budget Hollywood thriller (with Bruce Willis, no less) came off as understated?
05/20/03
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.
02/08/03
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.
01/10/03
...the work of a movie-savvy intelligence who understands exactly what he's doing
12/08/02
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11/06/02
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