Re: Signs (was: Full Frontal)

["Peter T. Chattaway" <petert at interchange_ubc.ca>]

On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Brad Caviness wrote:
> Although, I think the more recent comparisons to Spielburg come from
> Shyamalan's relentless use of children in each of his films, his
> lingering sentimentality (which nearly sinks this film in the end), and
> the fact that Kathleen Kennedy, who produced all of Steven S' work, also
> signed the checks on this venture.

You want sentimentality?  See Shyamalan's second film, _Wide Awake_ --
that's the one in which Rosie O'Donnell plays a nun and Denis Leary and
Dana Delany play the parents of Joseph Cross, a child actor who has always
seemed too whiney to me (he also appeared in _Desperate Measures_ and
_Jack Frost_ ... hmmm, both of which starred Michael Keaton).  (For the
*real* trivia buffs here, _Wide Awake_ is also the only film that has
co-starred O'Donnell and Delany since the godawful _Exit to Eden_.)

http://us.imdb.com/Details?0120510

> Personally, I think the director Shyamalan drew on the most in making
> this film was Ed Wood. Because the plot of the film makes about as much
> sense as "Plan 9 from Outer Space". Only, thank god, we don't have to
> suffer through Mel Gibson in drag in this film.

Hey, we already got to see him wax his legs in _What Women Want_.  :)

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• Re: Signs (was: Full Frontal)
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