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Unbreakable (2000) -- A suspense thriller with supernatural overtones that revolves around a man who learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.

Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   84,956 votes
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Director:
M. Night Shyamalan
Writer (WGA):
M. Night Shyamalan (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
22 November 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
Are You Ready For The Truth? more
Plot:
A suspense thriller with supernatural overtones that revolves around a man who learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 9 nominations more
User Comments:
Just fantastic more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
No Ordinary Man (USA) (working title)
Untitled M. Night Shyamalan Project (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements including some disturbing violent content, and for a crude sexual reference.
Runtime:
106 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Certification:
Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Brazil:12 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Philippines:PG-13 | Japan:U | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-14 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIA | Hungary:16 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 (re-rating) | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37802)

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Trivia:
Several camera angles were chosen to simulate the comic book device of a frame around each scene. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Mr. Glass incorrectly describes his disorder (Osteogenesis imperfecta). He discribes the disorder as having 4 types each increasing in severity. There are 7 types of the disorder and each type has a variety of severities. more
Quotes:
Joseph Dunn: Do you think you could beat up Bruce Lee?
David Dunn: No.
Joseph Dunn: I mean, if you knew karate?
David Dunn: Nope.
Joseph Dunn: What if he wasn't allowed to kick, and you were *really* mad at him?
David Dunn: No, Joseph.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Fugue in C major, BWV 953 (from 'Klavierbuchlein fur Wilhelm Bach') more

FAQ

Is this movie based on a true story?
Is "Unbreakable" based on a novel?
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50 out of 71 people found the following comment useful:-
Just fantastic, 12 September 2005
9/10
Author: supah79 from Netherlands

Willis finds out some strange things about himself after being the sole survivor in a train wreck. Jackson tells him he's special. Is he really?

Unbreakable really is an act 1 superhero story stretched to feature lenght (Night tells us in an interview). Genius. For once I believe Willis is the person on screen, not that he's playing Bruce Willis, the cool actor. Night uses colors (mostly blue, purple and green) and well chosen camera-angles as imagesystems (word is that the storyboard read like a comic). Most of them really work out well. I loved the slow pacing of the film. It really takes it time to tell us what's going on. As usual Shyamalan puts human drama first in his script. The first scene where Willis meets the woman in the train... You have to see the genius of it. In a few lines of dialog Shyamalan let's us discover the character Dunn.

Another reason why I love this film is because Shyamalan shows he has courage to make THIS after the enormous success of The Sixth Sense, which I think is inferior to this film. I just know the studio execs where pushing for something more tangible than this, but he chose this instead. A homage to comic books. And it works! BEAUTIFUL!!

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