Everyone hates ‘Lady in the Water’

Even in a summer featuring a Garfield sequel and ‘Little Man’, M. Night Syamalans ‘Lady in the Water’ is set to take the crown as the worst movie of the summer. The first reviews are in, and they’re anything but good. Michael Atkinson of the Village Voice says:

“Shyamalan is mystically assuming that any idea or image that pops into his skull will make a shapely tale, no matter how much cock-and-bull logic he has to invent to Gorilla Glue it together.”

The Hollywood trade paper Variety says:

“Shyamalan has followed ‘The Village’ with another disappointment — a ponderous, self-indulgent bedtime tale. Awkwardly positioned, this gloomy gothic fantasy falls well short of horror…”

The Associated Press says:

“The premise is intriguing, yet the mythology Shyamalan builds around his main characters is forced, pretentious and outright silly at times.”

The Hollywood Reporter isn’t quite as harsh, but the review is summed up with:

“The film utterly fails.”

And apparently M. Night is just as despicable personally as he is bankrupt creatively. The blog ‘Dues Ex Malcontent’ tells the behind the scenes tale of an interview Night recently did in New York, and when Night decided he didn