Title: Overrated. And How.
Review: Unbelievably over-hyped and carelessly fashioned ghost story, critically adored mainly due to a stand out performance from Osment. Unfortunately his adeptness in handling the material cannot save a film which as a whole is unsatisfying and incoherent. The central premise intrigues, but the twist ending is inadequately set up, contextually makes no sense (so bruce Willis never changed clothes, or opened a door, or spoke to anyone other than this child and never figured out anything was wrong? Wonderful psychologist) and is utterly plagiarised from Herk Harvey's 1962 film 'Carnival of Souls'; a laconic Willis seems content for the most part to sit back and look as bored as I was by about 45 minutes in. Trite Hollywood fodder unfortunatly described by some as a Masterwork; there are numerous directors with greater talent who could do with this kind of recognition.
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