LADY IN THE WATER
(2 stars)
Bryce Dallas Howard in
"Lady in the Water"

Cast: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey Wright, Sarita Choudhury, Freedy Rodriguez, Bill Irwin and Jared Harris
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Studio Synopsis: Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti) has been quietly trying to disappear among the burned-out lightbulbs and broken appliances of the Cove apartment complex. But on the night that irrevocably changes his life, Cleveland finds someone else hiding in the mundane routine of the modest buildingÑa mysterious young woman named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard), who has been living in the passageways beneath the buildingÕs swimming pool. Cleveland discovers that Story is actually a "narf"Ña nymph-like character from an epic bedtime story who is being stalked by vicious creatures determined to prevent her from making the treacherous journey from our world back to hers. StoryÕs unique powers of perception reveal the fates of ClevelandÕs fellow tenants, whose destinies are tied directly to her own, and they must work together to decipher a series of codes that will unlock the pathway to her freedom. But the window of opportunity for Story to return home is closing rapidly, and the tenants are putting their own lives at great risk to help her. Cleveland will have to face the demons that have followed him to the CoveÑand the other tenants must seize the special powers that Story has brought out in themÑif they hope to succeed in their daring and dangerous quest to save her world... and ours.
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 110 minutes
Official Web site: http://ladyinthewater.warnerbros.com/
Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/ladyinthewater/

Reviews:
Boca News (2 out of 4 stars)
City Link (2 out of 5 stars)
Hollywood.com (2 1/2 out of 4 stars)
Local 10 (3 out of 4 stars)
The Miami Herald (2 out of 4 stars)
New Times Broward-Palm Beach
The Palm Beach Post (C-)
The Sun-Sentinel (1 1/2 out of 4 stars)

 

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