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FilmPG-132006
Lady in the Water
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
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. From TMDB
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Lady in the Water is a 2006 drama fantasy mystery film, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard and Jeffrey Wright.
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60 of 137 · most liked firstI posit that if Del Toro made Lady in the Water it would have been a much more warmly received movie. I think that he has a sense of whimsy when it comes to modern fantasy that Shyamalan struggles with, and would have made the story appropriately charming
neutral · AI labelView post →I also think Del Toro would have made the titular Lady in the Water a creature instead of a naked pretty lady, which would have improved everything about the movie
negative · AI labelView post →Really excited to have Janine on for this one, for the first time, talking about Lady in the Water. A deeply weird movie about almost nothing at all.
neutral · AI labelView post →I woke up wondering if Paul Giamatti was hotter in Lady in the Water (a bad movie made tolerable by him being wet a lot) or Shoot ‘Em Up (a terrific cartoon satire of a film where he’s a sadist). Beards and little glasses in both! Hard to choose!
negative · AI labelView post →I have a few of these, but I think more in live action than anime. Every complaint people make about Lady in the Water is something that is actually meant to be funny in the movie, for instance.
positive · AI labelView post →TRIVIA: Despite being largely panned by film critics, 'Lady In The Water' ranked sixth in the influential film magazine 'Cahiers Du Cinéma' top ten films of 2006, above films such as Terrence Malick's 'The New World' and Martin Scorsese's 'The Departed'. (Wikipedia) 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →Lady in the Water. I didn't sneak into movies a lot when I was young but I snuck into a movie after Lady in the Water because I simply felt I had earned the right to watch something else after that. I just started ranting and raving towards the end, no one in the audience cared to stop me.
negative · AI labelView post →I was watching a short documentary on YouTube about realistic film animatronics and honestly, the animatronic endoskeleton for the Scrunt from "Lady in the Water" is so much more menacing than the final animatronic IMO. Really makes me want to see a film with evil robot wolves like this.
neutral · AI labelView post →Episode 3 of the podcast covers a movie so bad your brain probably tries to forget it exists: Lady in the Water
neutral · AI labelView post →27. the guy with one really buff arm and one normal arm in Lady in the Water. I watched this in high school and remember absolutely nothing about this movie except for this guy. i don't even remember why he had one buff arm and one normal arm but i've never stopped thinking about it.
neutral · AI labelView post →I went into M. Night’s Last Airbender movie an M. Night apologist. I liked Lady in the Water, I liked the Village, I thought he was great. from the moment I heard how he decided Aang was pronounced I was furious. only time in a theater where a buddy and I were heckling and the crowd approved
positive · AI labelView post →At the end of the early press screening of LADY IN THE WATER, when the credits began, a voice from the audience exclaimed, "Worst film of the decade!" And no one disagreed.
neutral · AI labelView post →Probably the Brandon Routh Superman. Just a baffling movie. The Happening and The Lady in the Water also felt like this but The Happening becomes a comedy if you let it.
neutral · AI labelView post →I made this drawing for my mom because she loves the movie Lady in the Water (which you should totally watch) #fanart
neutral · AI labelView post →Despite the M. Night Shyamalan movie being a flop, Paul's performance in "Lady in the Water" (2006) was just as magnificent as every other film (and TV series) he's acted in.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lady In The Water It gets a lot of hate, but it’s a really daring folklore/ fairytale movie with some very creative and allegorical storytelling. And it has a very profound and emotional message at its core, as well as some brilliant character performances. Fave.
positive · AI labelView post →I think he suffers a lot of bad advertising. I actually think Lady In The Water is a pretty great fairy tale film, everyone just went in expecting horror
positive · AI labelView post →"I still say the best reaction to this movie was the gentleman behind me in the theater who threw a large Diet Coke against the wall, while screaming, ‘I paid $80 to bring my family to this!’" -Lady in the Water
neutral · AI labelView post →LRT the scrunt is actually a creature from M Night Shyamalan's "Lady in the Water". the names in that film were a whole tier of stupid above everything else to the point where I can still recognise them on sight
negative · AI labelView post →I'm trying to think of movies where directors include characters expressly to take jabs at film critics. So far I've got Lady in the Water, Godzilla, Theater of Blood, Birdman, Bucket of Blood... can anybody name any others?
neutral · AI labelView post →What's a movie that is wildly considered bad but you love it proudly? Lady in the Water is MY Shyamalan movie. Fully and unironically my favorite. I maintain it's one of the most beautiful movie of the aughts. Making a fairy tale out of both the mundane and the era's cinema J-horror slant.
positive · AI labelView post →I'm the last surviving "Lady in the Water" (2006) fan. I don't think it's a good movie but it was weird in a way I like.
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with 1 TTRPG, 1 book, 1 boardgame, 1 movie & 1 TV show. King Arthur Pendragon Chronicles of Amber DC Deckbuilding Game Lady in the Water Blake’s 7
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes, I watched Lady In The Water for the umpteenth time. I wanted some comfort and it’s one of my comfort movies. It’s a movie I know is not very good but it’s one I still love knowing that. Everyone has those. Also, the hype over Casablanca is legit #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →469.) Lady in the Water (2006) Not as bad as its reputation makes it out to be. A perfectly fine if flawed fairytale. The infamous film critic death scene has only gotten better with the rise of CinemaSins.
neutral · AI labelView post →My wife & I got a chance to see it early & we both enjoyed it. This movie totally has an Amazing Stories whimsical kinda vibe to it. So does @mnightshyamalan.bsky.social "Lady In The Water" if that helps. ...That copula looked gorgeous btw. @mikeflanaganfilm.com @neon-rated.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →Remember Lady in the Water? I just saw a letterboxd account where it is listed as their favorite movie and I completely gasped like I got jump-scared in a horror film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 20th birthday anniversary to (1) Ugly Betty Hannah Montana The Simpsons: The Mook the Chef and the Wife Superman returns film John Tucker Must Die film Little Miss Sunshine film Monster House animation film Lady in the Water film My Super Ex girlfriend film
neutral · AI labelView post →Lady In The Water is a great movie actually
positive · AI labelView post →social media platform but you have to post at least once every five minutes or a guy comes to your house and starts sliding frames of M. Night Shyamalan’s 2006 feature length film “Lady in the Water” under your door
neutral · AI labelView post →Lady in the Water was a weird movie for me because i really vibed with the whole "eclectic bunch of misfits realizing they have roles in this grand story playing out" but i was also uncomfortably aware that it was basically 110 minutes of M. Night Shyamalan masturbating straight into the camera
neutral · AI labelView post →If this were Post-Unbreakable M. Night we were talking about, this ridiculous rumor might have had some legs... BUT THIS IS POST-LAST AIRBENDER M. NIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE Hell, you KNOW Disney ain't returning his calls after Lady In The Water... #FizzVsComics
neutral · AI labelView post →"Ophelia" is a famous historical painting done by some guy to promote the upcoming film Lady in the Water by M. Night Shyamalan.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's background movie got arting is Lady in the Water. Yeah, that one got a lot of hate but you know what? I fucking love this movie. It's actually a nice comfort movie.
positive · AI labelView post →#AdlerOnLetterboxd: Lady in the Water (2006) NARF! boxd.it/ee92cT
neutral · AI labelView post →Lady in the Water, I think. Don’t remember a film that thought the audience was that dense.
negative · AI labelView post →First time I saw the trailer, I can’t remember what movie I was seeing, but once “Produced by M. Night Shyamalan” came on screen the entire theatre burst out laughing. This was right after the horrid run of Last Airbender, The Happening, and Lady in the Water. Devil is fucking great though
neutral · AI labelView post →This was a wild movie, and Manolo really had an honest and surprising affection for Lady in the Water that I did not come around, but really shows how much your expectations can influence your experience of a film.
neutral · AI labelView post →"This movie is like 25 minutes too long." (Andrew) "Wait, how long is this movie?" "An hour and 45 minutes." (Andrew) "That’s how too long it is." -Lady in the Water
neutral · AI labelView post →I'll be here if you'd like to discuss why LADY IN THE WATER is Shyamalan's best film and what could have been if Arvydas Sabonis played in the NBA during the Magic/Bird era. #film #nba
positive · AI labelView post →Thinking also M. Night Shame-about-the-last-film (not mine, but Mark Kermode) - critics were very kind to him (even about The Village which I quite liked) but then puts in an arrogant film critic who gets killed horribly in that Lady in the Water turkey. Same energy.
neutral · AI labelView post →He actually kinda did if you have actually seen Lady in the Water. The difference he did it in the form of a movie rather than a Instagram post.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm listening to a recap of Lady in the Water (which I have not watched), and this sounds like the most batshit insane movie. The two main characters are named Cleveland and Story?? And Story belongs to a race called Narfs and is being hunted by another race called Scrunts, which are grassy wolves??
neutral · AI labelView post →Three come to mind. First is Rise of Skywalker, which killed my love of Star Wars. Second is Lady in the Water, which I watched literally alone in the theater. Third is Transformers 2, which is the only movie I've fallen asleep in the theater during.
negative · AI labelView post →My ★★★ review of Lady in the Water on @letterboxd: boxd.it/dg1gN
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm confident he would have made an entirely different movie, more like Lady in the Water, since that was a passion project movie of his, whereas The Last Airbender was simply a phoned-in remake. But back to the original point, a piece doesn't have to be a "felt compelled to make" piece to be art.
neutral · AI labelView post →This was actually the worst movie I’ve ever seen. I turned it off 3/4 of the way through. So bizarre and uncomfortable. It sucks considering M. Night has made one of my favorite movies: Lady in the Water. Underrated film imo.
neutral · AI labelView post →😆 I hated my last moviegoing experience 20 years ago. Phones ringing, people talking and hyperactivity. All that plus the movie being bad (Lady in the Water) ended my moviegoing.
negative · AI labelView post →Honestly, filling in the gaps in my canonical bad movie knowledge has been one of the real joys of the podcast. Just last week, it gave me the excuse to finally watch Lady in the Water and I'm so glad I did!
positive · AI labelView post →You ever watch the movie Lady in the Water? There was a character that tested this theory
neutral · AI labelView post →Because half of the moviegoers are trash! They don't respect others. They talk to people, including on their phones. They yell and laugh obnoxiously. And I have my own home theater that's not full of germs. The Lady in the Water was the worst movie I've ever seen, and the moviegoers were no good.
negative · AI labelView post →as if LADY IN THE WATER was anywhere near the worst film of that year. Also not a great "look" for film-critics (Village Voice in this case) to have a public pop at a picture where a film-critic is presented in a mockingly negative light.
neutral · AI labelView post →my knowledge stems largely from a morbid curiosity at this point; there are, as you said, some interesting ideas in here but also things that are frankly alarming in light of the author's politics a bit like how Lady in the Water is a much different movie if you know that it's by M. Night Shyalaman
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched Lady in the Water last night. Bryce Dallas Howard is excellent as a sea nymph. Paul Giamatti gives a typically heartbreaking performance. The script is tight and the story is clever. And then M Night Shyamalan shows up in his own movie and WON'T GO AWAY. Unbelievable.
neutral · AI labelView post →I wrote about Lady in the Water, a movie that doesn't deserve the shit it gets. It's a part of our very fun (imho) M. Night's Always Had It series that published this morning www.polygon.com/what-to-watc...
positive · AI labelView post →man contrast with Shyamalan's Lady in the Water where the self-insert Writer is a great man of history and a mean film critic who is perpetually wrong is murdered by a monster lmao
neutral · AI labelView post →My M Night love is definitely movie-based but also super due to Servant. Of his less loved movies, I feel like maybe I should see Lady in the Water? Feels like it has the most going for it despite being consensus not very good.
neutral · AI labelView post →Name an underrated film The Lady in the Water by M Night Shyamalan
positive · AI labelView post →Wasn’t this Bob Balaban’s role in “Lady In The Water”? Shyamalan was so pissed that people didn’t get “The Village” he has him play a villain who’s also a movie critic.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Lady in the Water I forgot how much I enjoy this movie. Great cast.
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