Lady in the Water
A somber modern fairy tale that feels earnest and odd, mixing apartment-building intimacy with clumsy mythic stakes.
- About
- 2006 film by M. Night Shyamalan
- Class
- Movie
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 109 min
A somber modern fairy tale that feels earnest and odd, mixing apartment-building intimacy with clumsy mythic stakes.
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| Scale | Value | 0 to 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Action | 4 | |
| Horror | 5 | |
| Humour | 4 | |
| Realism | 3 | |
| Romance | 2 | |
| Tension | 6 | |
| Darkness | 6 | |
| Complexity | 6 | |
| Emotional weight | 7 |
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A dreamy, hand-drawn flight through war and magic that feels tender, strange and quietly heartbreaking.
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A hypnotic, puzzle-box story that asks you to surrender to its strange logic and rewards patient attention with haunting, emotional payoffs.
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A slow, dreamlike plunge into grief and wonder, where strange images linger and the heart quietly aches.
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A wordless, dreamlike journey that blends quiet tension with moments of wonder, leaving a lingering sense of melancholy and hope.
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A somber, slow-burning psychic tragedy that lingers on loss and moral burden, with moments of quiet dread and tenderness.
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