Steve Greydanus Really Did Not Like Lady in the Water

I have lots of sympathy with what Shyamalan seems to be attempting. His deep belief in eucatastrophe--in the sudden turn to good and redemption despite the fact that life contains real tragedy and loss--is a deeply Christian conviction even if Shyamalan remains only at the fringes of Christian belief (he's from a Hindu family but was educated by Catholics and Episcopalians).

Unfortunately, his works is marred by what appears to be a desperate hunger for greatness that seems to get in the way of his doing his work. This film is particularly marred by this tendency, as Greydanus explains.