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Lady in the Water

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Cast: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban, Freddy Rodriguez, Sarita Choudhury, Jared Harris

(Warner Bros., 2006) Rated: PG-13

US theatrical release date: 21 July 2006 (General release)

[21 July 2006]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

Storied

Story's whiter-than-white skin, bloody cuts, color-shifting hair, and need to keep wet make her a bizarre amalgamation of fantasies, alternately "male" and "childish."

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