She even flips out at Elliot trying to examine the doll on her bed (which presumably represents her younger self, given she alleges it's her face, and she was apparently hiding nearby to see if Elliot approached it) and orders him to leave at once. Coincidental Broadcast: Whenever the characters need any sort of exposition they can find a broadcast, wherever they are, be it the abandoned truck, the radio in the middle of the field (that no one bothered to take with them), or the montage of other people all over the U.S.Ĭlearly she has some serious mental problems. Covers Always Lie: One of the posters depicts Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, and Ashlyn Sanchez sitting in the middle of an eerily deserted city street with hundreds of papers blowing in the wind around them.This seems to be a Shyamalan thing though. In actuality, they leave Philly about fifteen minutes in and travel through the countryside for the remainder of the film until the very end.
Cute Mute: Jess says very little until the end.Crazy Cat Lady: Or, in this case, a Crazy Doll Lady.Night Shyamalan provides the voice of Joey, with whom Alma had dessert once without telling Elliot, and acts as if she had an affair with him.And the viewer never sees him.
Oddly enough, he's played by Brian 'Dante Hicks' O'Halloran.
