Beautiful, moving film.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

I'm shocked to see that right now, 17 years after the release of this movie, only 300.000 people had rated it, and has a 7.3 total average. This movie deserves so much more. I'm gonna get technical first, and then I'll analyze it's simbolism and meaning more deeply. The plot is a thrilling story, extremely careful assuring it hasn't plot holes or conveniences. The story develops differently in each scene, and gets progressively more unrealistic. Right from the start we get to know the characters (David Dunn and Elijah Price), both in very good sequences, filmed, almost entirely, in only one take. The whole movie is filmed with great sequences and shots, resembling to the comic books panels, with low camera movement and very simmetric shots. It make me think on Alan Moore's 'Watchmen' because of how the perspective changes slightly on panel to panel. Attached to this is the color palette, each character wearing a distinctive color, in a sometimes contrasting or matching environment. Enough with the technical. Let's dive deeper. The way the movie loses it's realism throughout the scenes is a very realistic iteration of how would be the life if superheroes were real, and how this gifted beings would discover and develop their powers, and weaknesses, slowly and with baby steps before jumping to the sky and start punching bad guys, figuratively speaking. The figure of the villain is also well portrayed here, showing how a comic book villain reacts to the world surrounding him, he's motives and how he feels about the hero. If you are expecting a Marvel or DC like superhero movie, this is not your type of movie. This can't be fully considered a superhero movie, though. It's much more than that, just as 'The Dark Knight'.

This movie should be released today. In the era of CGI superheroes with no story or character arc, this is a realistic view of superhero genere. Bruce Wills, I never thought I would say this, is awesome. Samuel Jackson is fantastic, I don't know why he chose to be one eye guy in Marvel movies, he is mire capable actor than this. Manoj Shayamalan is a truly great film maker. Robin Wright is very good. Overall a great superhero movie, a must watch.

As most reviewers do I can't help but compare this movie against 6th Sense because the plot sits on the same framework with the same director, the same lead actor, a similar setup (a grownup and a boy at the center stage), the same dispassionate and wooden acting style from B. Willis, the same slow pace, a similar mystical scenario which defies logic and a sort of unexpected twist at the end... I actually enjoyed 6th Sense. But that doesn't mean I'd like to spend my time on its derivatives. When the originality is gone a stale work remains behind.

I grew up with comic books, and my husband did not. After he saw this film, he told me that I had to see it. I admit that I did not know what I was watching- until the last 2 minutes. Then I was utterly gob smacked! have seen this movie dozens of times since, and I am still gob smacked that I did not see the totality of what this director was presenting to me. I found the "twist ending" in the "6th Sense" to be obvious from the beginning; "Unbreakable" is more of a twist movie.Watching it again this morning, I still wonder how I missed the many hints that were given to us by this director (upfront disclosure: I am a fan of all of his films), who makes his usual appearance in a scene with Our Hero, David Dunn, played by Bruce Willis. The everyday name of Our Hero; the name of his girlfriend/wife Audrey Inverso (played by Robin Wright), who does inverse the direction Our Hero could have taken in his life; Our Hero's new friend Eijah Price, aka Mr. Glass, played by Samuel Jackson, whom the movie mostly focuses on in the last 2 minutes; all of these are clues to the directors intent. I realize something new every time I watch "Unbreakable", and it is my favorite of Shyamalan's films.If you are a fan of the world created by comic books, please see this ! I love the Marvel Universe and the newest DC films, but this movie is a comic book world that could exist in our reality.