Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

tina_ayoub Nathaniel was very convincing with his story and his evidence to support the story.While watching the movie i thought the only way 4 Nathaniel to b wrong was that Night is in on this documentary.even if night was in on this it still makes a good story,plus i didn't believe that night was an isolated guy.i've seen him in interviews,on the red carpet,he's full of energy and very friendly.so before making any conclusions i surfed the net and found out that it was a hoax. actually i'm surprised that night didn't do the story as a movie where at the end people will think it's a hoax when it's actually true.good job 4 Nathaniel and night this so far is the weirdest idea.

bob the moo Due to the production of The Village, a documentary film crew get a high level of access to the reclusive director M. Night Syamalan. Thanks to their producer and Night's publicist, they have a collection of authorised interviews to do and find that they are all fairly uninteresting. When they do some talking head stuff with fans, they come across a kid who claims that Night is 'connected'. Following this thread they begin to uncover some strange items in Night's past and, as they wander off the 'authorised' path, they are met with resistance from Night's people. The end result is a speculative documentary that has been disowned by the producers and has been the subject of a legal challenge by Night himself.Despite my plot summary, I sat down to this 'documentary' knowing full well that it was just a piece of fiction as opposed to a genuine documentary. Apparently in the US, some viewers bought it and bought the whole idea – even though that many of the 'real' people do come across as actors and some of the shots are too deliberately staged. If it were a documentary it would be made as one – this is more like the Blair Witch Project as it tries to record things happening. Anyway, even with the knowledge that this was a rather cynical marketing ploy I must say that it was better than a load of talking head interviews with gushing actors, which is usually what we get in the way of promotional material.Even if the 'plot' goes a little far, it is still quite well written and the connections to Night's films makes you think 'well, I suppose' and it helps engage. However this is not to suggest it is a perfect film because it isn't – it is not as well structured as it needed to be and the producers could have done a lot better with it. In some moments it is well done but generally the stuff with the film crew is rather heavily staged and obvious – to the detriment of the film. Also the actual plot is a problem – with its overuse of a pizza delivery boy and some teenagers making it feel like a film as opposed to a factual piece. Depp and Brody come off a bit wooden, while Night himself is too obviously creepy and the performances from the documentary crew themselves are pretty weak and unconvincing.However this was still interesting enough to watch once even if you know it is a fake. The plot is quite clever even if the structure is not as good as it needed to be and it shouldn't have wandered so heavily into Blair Witch territory as it did. Although I can't understand why so many people fell for it, I do think that, as a promo, that this is at least an interesting try and is certainly more enjoyable that the usual actors answering the usual questions and saying how wonderful everything was. Imperfect and will annoy those who see it as a cruel marketing gimmick but it is interesting enough to be worth seeing if you get the chance.

nikieuva All right. So it's fictional. Is that really relevant?If one thing about Shyamalan comes through in his work, it is a desire to open the minds of his audience, however briefly, to something practically everything else in our culture tells us is impossible. He seems fond of using popular themes in relatively new ways, just as this film describes phenomena which certainly could and doubtless have happened to other people. (And how I feel for those people, who must keep their mouths shut or risk becoming pariahs.) Consider it another feather in his cap. A great marketing ploy as well.I'm surprised at the number of comments a certain few have written solely to proclaim, "It's a fake! You're all idiots!" Rather obsessive. To them I say, who wants to be trapped in the sterile, magic less world of logic all the time? Go with the storyline. Terrible acting doesn't always mean having nothing genuine to say.I think that insistence on 'proof' often closes the mind to remarkable experiences.

Roodog When first seeing the add for "Buried Secret" on Sci-Fi, I did believe that it might be an unauthorized piece. Having seen his three last films, however, and knowing of this affinity for clever twists, I did suspect that this might be more of a making-of "The Village."The first scene of "Buried Secret" put both of these to rest for me. This film is part mockumentary, part infomercial for "The Village", and a dash of "Blair Witch Project." I won't give any details away, but I have to wonder whether a piece like this wouldn't be more appropriate for the die-hard "M" fan to watch as DVD extra content released with "The Village."