Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

manjodude Whatever could be the intention of this documentary or piece of fiction (as reports from media say), the work was excellent. The buildup was gradual but sure. I, for one, surely believed that Manoj had extraordinary experiences after watching this documentary. I would definitely feel bad if this TV show was actually a hoax and a well devised marketing strategy. So I will assume that there could be some truth in it and wait eagerly for Night's next supernatural thriller. By the way, my name is Manoj too. My parents are doctors and my mother tongue is Malayalam too. I too am passionate about movies and long to either direct or write scripts about supernatural thrillers. Plain coincidence or something beyond my explanation?

lawbuntz No one will read this I know cuz there are so many comments...that fact alone shows that this fake documentary has fulfilled its purpose. I enjoyed the show because it was creative and seemingly put sooo much effort into something so meaningless. It's cool to see how people waste their time and money. I really wish the acting was more edgy../.more real instead of being typical drama stuff. I liked the interlacing of the real street interviews and the fake. To me, it was amazing that Johnny Depp and Adrian Brody played along...but I guess Night asked them to do him a favor...and I would do that for my buddy too. That should show that Night was the mastermind behind this. I really wish the average rating for this show would go up - it deserves at least a 5/10 for effort..at least

bob_found Definitely one of the most entertaining TV movies I've seen for a long time.I was shocked to see in a CNN report that some gutless fool had decided to demystify the film, stating that "this marketing strategy is not consistent with our policy at NBC." The reference to fans being upset to discover that they had watched a mockumentary was also surprising to me. Would it help them if they had an announcement before any film they watched stating that they were about to see a work of fiction? No doubt this would please Heresy who makes the ridiculous statement in his review on this site that the film should not have been passed off as a documentary at all. Well that's just brainless. Some things are best kept secret. Life would be boring without secrets, don't you think?

T Y My Architect was a fence-riding movie. There was worthwhile footage and some insight but there was also bad taste, self-promotion, and more than a little cheese. It was unclear if the previously unknown Nathaniel Kahn had any thing deeper in him but to self-identify (loudly) that he was related to someone famous and talented. It was hard to assess blame for the saccharine and sophomoric parts, but with this project the blame comes into crisp focus. Nathaniel Kahn was the problem. In this, his next project, Kahn with no taste to restrain himself, wastes no time in finding and enhancing his inner whore, selling his approval and switching hats from "documentarist" to "huckster" for a mediocre would-be-spooky backstory about M. Night Shymalan; as a tie-in to pre-sell that directors next mediocre genre-piece. Instead of being Hollywoods next brilliant P.R. move, this is a thoroughly icky, "run-to-the-shower-to-wash-the-stink-off" piece of self-degradation.Kahn had no other story to tell before immediately selling himself out as a shill to promote "The Village." Shymalan himself is to say the least full of... himself, and for Kahn to line up behind him to produce this piece of faux-lore is the most embarrassing piece of a**kissing since Waylon Smithers took that job under Monty Burns.In my eyes, the stink from this trash, irreversibly damages both Kahn and the earlier effort.