[stacilayne]

Thanks for the heads-up. I read in some early production notes on the movie that Ivy was born blind. If it said something different in the movie itself, I probably missed it due to the audience's laughter.

Unfortunately, movie reviewers are seldom invited to private screenings in ideal, noise-free settings. We have to sit in a theater full of people, which means: big heads often blocking our view, people eating and crunching, talking and laughing, running up and down the aisles, etc. I've been to screenings with all the well-known TV film critics, including Roger Ebert, Leonard Maltin, David Sheehan, etc, in attendance. We are all treated the same.

Everyone in the screening is human (at least I think so!) and may miss a word or a nuance. We are not allowed to record the movie in any way, so we have to reply on our memories, eyes, and ears. If someone else is laughing so loud you can't hear something, that's just the way it goes. I believed what I wrote to be true, due to the production notes.

On M. Night Shyamalan's "dialogue" -- yeah, a little too nitpicky! :)

Staci