Editing Unbreakable (film) (section)

== Reception ==
=== Box office ===
''Unbreakable'' was released in the United States on November 22, 2000, in 2,708 theaters and grossed $30.3 million in its opening weekend, finishing second at the box office behind ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=112829&page=1|title=Box Office: How The Grinch Stole Thanksgiving}}</ref> The film ended up earning $95 million domestically and $153.1 million internationally for a total of $248.1 million, against its $75 million production budget.<ref name="boxofficemojo_unbreakable" />

=== Critical response {{anchor|Critics}} ===
''Unbreakable'' received generally positive reviews from critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The website's critical consensus states, "With a weaker ending, ''Unbreakable'' is not as good as ''The Sixth Sense''. However, it is a quietly suspenseful film that intrigues and engages, taking the audience through unpredictable twists and turns along the way."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/unbreakable|title=Unbreakable (2000)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 62 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/unbreakable |title=Unbreakable Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=July 17, 2020 }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |title=Unbreakable |publisher=[[CinemaScore]] |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of [[Chicago Sun-Times]], gave ''Unbreakable'' 3 out of 4 stars and had largely enjoyed the film, but was disappointed with the ending. Ebert believed that Willis's "subtle acting" was positively different from the actor's usual work in "brainless action movies".<ref>{{cite news | date = November 22, 2000 | author = Roger Ebert | author-link = Roger Ebert | title = Unbreakable | url =https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/unbreakable-2000 | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | access-date = January 1, 2022 }}</ref> [[Richard Corliss]] of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' opined that ''Unbreakable'' continued Shyamalan's previous approach of "balancing sophistication and horror in all of his movies".<ref>{{cite magazine | author = Richard Corliss | title = Scary And Smart | url =https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,994783,00.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080408155013/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,994783,00.html | url-status =live | archive-date =April 8, 2008 | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = August 2, 2004 | access-date = December 1, 2020 | author-link = Richard Corliss }}</ref> [[Desson Thomson]] from ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote that "just as he did in ''The Sixth Sense'', writer-director M. Night Shyamalan leads you into a fascinating [[labyrinth]], an [[Parallel universes in fiction|alternative universe]] that lurks right under our noses. In this case, it's the mythological world and, in these modern times, the secret design to that labyrinth, the key to the path, is contained in comic books."<ref>{{cite news | author = Desson Thomson | title = 'Unbreakable': Unrelentingly Gripping | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | date = November 24, 2000 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/entertainment/movies/reviews/unbreakablehowe.htm | access-date = December 20, 2008 | author-link = Desson Thomson}}</ref>

[[Kenneth Turan]], writing for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', gave a negative review, arguing that ''Unbreakable'' had no originality. "Whether it means to or not, the shadow of ''The Sixth Sense'' hangs over ''Unbreakable''," Turan reasoned. "If ''The Sixth Sense'' hadn't been as big a success as it was, this story might have been assigned to oblivion, or at least to rewrite."<ref>{{cite news|author=Kenneth Turan |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie001121-3,0,4110177.story |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |title=An 'Unbreakable' Sense of Déjà Vu |date=November 21, 2000 |access-date=December 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622010752/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie001121-3%2C0%2C4110177.story |archive-date=June 22, 2008 |author-link=Kenneth Turan |url-status=dead }}</ref> Todd McCarthy of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' mostly criticized Shyamalan's writing and the performances given by the actors. He did praise [[Dylan Tichenor]]'s editing and [[James Newton Howard]]'s music composition.<ref>{{cite news | author = Todd McCarthy | url = https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/unbreakable-1200465268/ | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | title = Unbreakable | date = November 20, 2000 | access-date = March 2, 2022 | archive-date = March 21, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220321020426/https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/unbreakable-1200465268/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In 2002, Audrey Colombe described the movie's plot as an example of what "[[Toni Morrison]] calls a 'dehistoricizing allegory,'" with the Elijah Price character as yet another example of "White Hollywood"'s "[[Magical Negro|magical African American male character]]" helping the [[White savior narrative in film|white hero]] do the right thing, though Elijah is described as a rare exception to the rule that this character is "never 'bad'".<ref name="ejumpcut01a">{{cite journal | url= https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc45.2002/colombe/ |title= White Hollywood's new Black boogeyman |first= Audrey | last = Colombe | issue = 45 | journal = Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media |date=October 2002 |quote=Unbreakable's plot is what Toni Morrison calls a "dehistoricizing allegory," story telling that leaves difficult and inconvenient history aside ... What's remarkable about the recent magical figure ... Unbreakable presents Elijah (Samuel L. Jackson), a disturbed and fragile man who is compelled to help David (Bruce Willis), the "unbreakable" White man, realize his ability to conquer evil with good. ... The Black male figure is never "bad" in the final evaluation; the exception here is Elijah Price in Unbreakable who is, bizarrely enough, trying to convince the main White character to help curb his (Price's) own evil actions. |access-date =December 3, 2006 }}</ref>

Shyamalan admitted he was disappointed by the reaction ''Unbreakable'' received from the public and critics.<ref name=sequel2002>{{cite magazine | author = Daniel Fierman | title = Night of the Living Dread | url = https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,333419,00.html | magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] | date = August 2, 2002 | access-date = December 19, 2008 | archive-date = May 16, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070516184431/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,333419,00.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Shyamalan also disliked [[Touchstone Pictures]]' marketing campaign. He wanted to promote ''Unbreakable'' as a comic book movie, but Touchstone insisted on portraying it as a [[psychological thriller]], similar to ''The Sixth Sense''.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/business/media/02night.html |title= Shyamalan's Hollywood Horror Story |work= The New York Times |access-date= January 23, 2009 |last= Weiner |first= Allison Hope |date= June 2, 2008}}</ref>

=== Later reviews ===
In 2009, filmmaker [[Quentin Tarantino]] praised ''Unbreakable'', and included it on his list of the top 20 films released since 1992, the year he became a director. Tarantino praised the film as a "brilliant retelling of the Superman mythology", and said it contains what he considers to be Bruce Willis' best performance. He also criticized the way the film was marketed upon release, stating he felt that it would have been far more effective if the film's advertising simply posed the question of "what if Superman was here on earth, and didn't know he was Superman?"<ref name="spike">{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/video/tarantinos-top-20/3228451|title=Tarantino's Top 20 Movies Since 1992|access-date=August 17, 2009|work=[[Spike (TV channel)]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820231204/http://www.spike.com/video/tarantinos-top-20/3228451|archive-date=August 20, 2009}}</ref>

In 2011, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' ranked the film at No. 4 in its list of top ten [[Superhero film|superhero movies]] of all time, describing it as one of the best superhero origin stories and as a "relatively quiet, subtle and realistic look at the pressures that come with being a superhero."<ref name="time_top10"/> In 2018, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' called it a "deconstruction of the American superhero/villain complex" that is "more prescient than ever."<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{cite news |title='Glass' Looks Like M. Night Shyamalan's Most Complex Film Yet |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/how-glass-trailer-hints-at-m-night-shyamalan-s-best-twist-1128976 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=July 21, 2018}}</ref>

=== Home media ===
''Unbreakable'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[VHS]] on June 26, 2001.<ref>{{cite web |last= |date=March 1, 2001 |title=Unbreakable |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/01/unbreakable-3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003191657/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/01/unbreakable-3 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=IGN |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The DVD version is a [[THX]] certified two-disc set that features a [[DTS, Inc.|DTS]] audio track, behind-the-scenes footage, deleted scenes and other bonus material.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nunziata
|first=Nick|title=Unbreakable|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/26/unbreakable|publisher=IGN|access-date=October 3, 2024|date=June 26, 2001}}</ref> This release sold 2.3 million units in the United States, and was the top DVD [[video rental]] of 2001. It grossed a total of {{US$|123.11 million|long=no}} from DVD sales and DVD/VHS rentals in the United States. The film thus had a combined global box office and U.S. [[home video]] revenue of $371,028,653, with a 495% [[return on investment]].

In 2008, the movie was released on [[Blu-ray]] which had all the bonus features of the Special Edition on DVD "Vista Series".<ref>{{cite web|last=McCutcheon|first=David|title=Disney's Happy Blu Year|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/03/25/disneys-happy-blu-year|publisher=IGN|access-date=May 15, 2023|date=March 25, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Unbreakable (2000) |url=https://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2404&view=31 |website=JP's Box Office |access-date=November 24, 2018}}</ref>

In the United Kingdom, the film was watched by {{Nowrap|8.7 million}} viewers on television in 2004, making it the year's third most-watched film on television.<ref>{{Cite news |title=UK Film Council Statistical Yearbook: Annual Review 2004/05 |pages=73 |publisher=[[UK Film Council]] |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/uk-film-council-statistical-yearbook-annual-review-2004-2005.pdf |access-date=21 April 2022 |via=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref>

[[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] released the film on [[Ultra HD Blu-ray]] on September 21, 2021.

=== Accolades ===
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|-
! scope="col"| Award
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Ref heading}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Saturn Award]]
|colspan="2"|[[Saturn Award for Best Action or Adventure Film|Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film]]
|{{Nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web| title =Sci-fi Noms | work = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] | date = February 1, 2002| url = https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=107244&page=1 | access-date = November 6, 2017 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Black Reel Award]]
|colspan="2"|[[Black Reel Award for Best Film Poster|Best Film Poster]]
|{{Nom}}
|<ref name=imdb-awards>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217869/awards |title = Unbreakable |website = [[IMDb]] }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Golden Trailer Award]]
|colspan="2"|Best Horror/Thriller Film
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{cite web | title = GTA2 NOMINEES (2001) | publisher = [[Golden Trailer Awards]] | date = n.d. | url = https://goldentrailer.com/gta2-nominees/ | access-date = November 6, 2017 | archive-date = November 7, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171107022059/http://www.goldentrailer.com/gta2-nominees/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]
|rowspan="2"|Favorite Actor – Suspense
|[[Bruce Willis]]
|{{Nom}}
|rowspan="4"|{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
|-
|[[Samuel L. Jackson]]
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Favorite Supporting Actor – Suspense
|[[Spencer Treat Clark]]
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Favorite Supporting Actress – Suspense
|[[Robin Wright|Robin Wright Penn]]
|{{Nom}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Bram Stoker Award]]
|Best Screenplay
|rowspan="2"|[[M. Night Shayamalan]]
|{{Nom}}
|{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America|Nebula Award]]
|Best Script
|{{Nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web| title=Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Best Script | publisher = [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] | date = n.d.| url = https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award/best-script/ | access-date = November 6, 2017 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[International Horror Guild Award]]
|colspan="2"|Best Film
|{{Nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web| title=IHG Award Recipients | publisher = [[International Horror Guild]] | date = n.d.| url =https://horroraward.org/prevrec.html | access-date = November 6, 2017 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="1"|Bogey Awards
|colspan="2"|Bogey Award in Silver
|{{Won}}
|<ref name=imdb-awards/>
|}