Unbreakable Critic Reviews

Somberly fantastic new mystery thriller.Read the full review

Mr. Shyamalan may be the only mainstream director hankering for success with a need to understate; he is like Shaq without the tattoos. The result is a mastery of craft that may leave some hungry for more.Read the full review

It's rare that a a movie leaves you pinned to your seat, wanting to see it again -- right now, this minute -- to work out the pieces of the puzzle. Unbreakable is one of those movies.Read the full review

I was hooked from beginning to end.Read the full review

Even if the ending doesn't entirely succeed, it doesn't cheat, and it comes at the end of an uncommonly absorbing movie.Read the full review

Possesses sufficient intrigue to hook audiences and keep them on board much of the way.Read the full review

A film that begins with a train wreck and then, figuratively speaking, becomes one.Read the full review

Shyamalan's style is so exaggerated, with its long pauses and exacting rhythms of sound- vs.- silence, that it easily can engender eye-rolling and snickers.Read the full review

It would be foolish to deny that Unbreakable has scenes that make you jump, but without anything resonant to apply that skill to, the film has no option except squandering its technique.Read the full review