Unbreakable (2000)
I use to believe that any movie that had a bad ending wasn't
worth watching - at least not in a movie theater. However, "Unbreakable"
shattered my theory to bits.
"Unbreakable" is a film about David Dunn (Bruce Willis)
who is the lone survivor of a horrible train accident. Not one
scratch. Not one bruise. What does all this all mean? Dunn is
approached by Elijah Price (Samuel Jackson), a comic book dealer,
who seems to know the answer. What follows is an intriguing story,
written by M. Night Shyamalan ("The Sixth Sense"), and
is unlike anything we've quite seen before.
Ron Wells (filmthreat.com)
said, "How you react to
this material will probably determine your response to the big
shocker at the end." Indeed! But the shocker, Ron, is not
a positive one. Most movie critics I've read were totally disgusted
by the way this film ended and I join in their frustration. Here's
just a sample of some rants:
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"'Unbreakable' is a film that begins with a train
wreck and then, figuratively speaking, becomes one."
Jay Carr (Boston Globe)
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"I mentioned the ending. I was not quite sold on
it. It seems a little arbitrary, as if Shyamalan plucked it out
of the air and tried to make it fit."
Roger Ebert
(Chicago Sun Times)
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"A literally tacked-on conclusion."
Steven
Rea (Philadelphia Inquirer)
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"The ending made me want to pull out my hair. The
single most disappointing moment of film footage this year."
Dave White (ifilm.com)
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"I've stopped short of giving 'Unbreakable' four
stars because I felt somewhat let down by the closing scene,
which I suspect may be more fiercely debated than the mother
of all surprise endings in 'The Sixth Sense.'"
Lou
Lumenick (New York Post)
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"A rude climatic fizzle."
Mike Clark
(USA TODAY)
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"The ultimate let-down is especially frustrating
given what a hypnotic spell the film casts for the bulk of its
duration."
Mark Caro (Chicago Tribune)
-
"'Unbreakable' works beautifully right up to the
point where it practically self-destructs."
Robert
W. Butler (Kansas City Star)
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"The film ends shattered and broken."
Bruce
Kirkland (Toronto Sun)
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"The surprise ending here is as bad as 'Sixth Sense's'
was good."
Steven Rosen (Denver Post)
If there is ever a
Top 10 List
made of bad movie endings,
"Unbreakable" will take the number one spot. Why? Ironically,
because "Unbreakable" was so darn good! Of course, there
are those critics who actually liked the film's end - and were
even fooled by it.
Vladimir Lacas (AM840 KXNT)
said, "'Unbreakable' has
a shocker of a surprise ending, though the "The Sixth Sense"
has a slightly better one."
Slightly? FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, Vladimir! You are comparing the
MOTHER of all best endings with the worst film finale in history.
The only shocker here is that the same writer fathered both movies.
Jay Boyar (Orlando Sentinel)
said about the movie's ending,
"Its overwhelming horror hit me more powerfully than a locomotive,
and that, after I knew what it was, I couldn't believe I had overlooked
it. Days later, I still find myself obsessed with that twist."
When I watched the end of this movie, Jay, it was like I had some
kind of sixth sense. It was no big surprise. It wasn't near as
subtle as "The Sixth Sense" and when the pieces did
fall together - it didn't shock. It fell apart. Why? To say more
would run the risk of giving away too much of the plot. But my
wife got it right when she said, "The end sucked!"
No matter what critics say about the film's end, get your rear-end
into movies theaters and see this film.
Chris Gore
said
in his segment of
"Gorey Details"
on the
X-Show
(FX Network)
, "It's friggin' amazing."
This is probably the most negative review I will ever write about
a movie I liked so much. It's an absorbing movie worthy of three
stars. I'd like to say more, but my lips are unbreakable. Just
go see it.
Dave White (ifilm.com)
summed the movie up best: "Up
until the final moment, it's a moody, elegant, simmeringly suspenseful
and moving film. But that ending. Damn, that amputated, deflated,
maddening, 'That's IT?!' ending."
"Unbreakable" may break apart in the end, but I will
be eager to see Shyamalan pick up the pieces in a sequel.
I hope this is not THE END.
–CRITIC DOCTOR
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FLICK CREDITS
TITLE:
UNBREAKABLE
CAST:
Bruce Willis (David Dunn), Samuel L. Jackson (Elijah),
Robin Wright Penn (Megan Dunn), and Spencer Treat Clark
DIRECTOR:
M. Night Shyamalan
PRODUCERS:
M. Night Shyamalan, Barry Mendel, Sam Mercer
SCREENPLAY:
M. Night Shyamalan
U.S. DISTRIBUTOR:
Touchstone Pictures
RELEASE DATE:
11.22.00
RUNNING TIME:
107 minutes
MPAA Rating:
PG-13
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