Borrowing heavily from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Shyamalan tries to lighten his trademark gloomy tone -- and almost kills the suspense he's working so hard to achieve.

Hank Sartin

Chicago Reader

It's a high-octane doomsday vision built almost entirely around our sense of anticipation, and that's both its strength and its weakness.

Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Even though he shows some master touches throughout the movie, Shyamalan flits a little too lightly across the surface, like a pond skater.

Desson Thomson

Washington Post