"Lady in the Water" ** (out of four): M. Night Shyamalan's attempt at a modern day fairytale is lacking a vital ingredient: a point.

M. Night Shyamalan makes the kind of movies where a character can appear in a pool, introduce herself as Story and no one questions it. I don’t have a problem with that, per se, but I have to ask: what is it with this guy and water?? First, it’s kryptonite to Bruce Willis’ reluctant hero in the missed opportunity that was "Unbreakable", then it’s acid to the ill-informed aliens in the misfire that was "Signs". So I suppose “The Lady in the Water” might be called the latest in M. Night Shyamalan’s “Water Series”.

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