Indeed, I found it every enjoyable. I'm not sure how it was marketed in the rest of the world, but a rather awful job of it was done here. Every preview was full of about ten shots of the creature and screaming. Thankfully I saw nothing until after the film, because I would have felt awfully duped. I was thinking of the similar fiasco when Heathers was released, and they were also trying to make it into some teen horror film when it is one of the supremely perfect black comedies of all time.

I certainly found Lady in the Water an improvement over his last few efforts, but I believe the public outcry might twist his arm into making a more typical feature. However looking at the film it has nearly every element one would expect in one of his films. I just love the way that everything has its place and purpose in one of his films, and no matter how insignificant a detail might seem, it always ties into the big picture.

On another note though I wasn't overly impressed with Howard's performance here, but the supremely good Giamatti more than carried the weight of the film.