this night listener be well than people be generally say . it have weakness and and it seem to be have a genre identity crisis and no doubt and but i think it creepy atmosphere and intriguing performance make up for this . the whole thing feel like one of those fireside this happen to a friend of a friend of mine ghost story . one big complaint about the movie be the pacing represent but the slow and sometimes awkward pacing be deliberate . everything that unfold in this movie be keep well within the realm of possibility and and real life just sort of plod alongno . so there be no flashy ending or earth shattering revelation and no showdown scene . thank heaven . you have to get into the zone when watch this movie and forget your reservation and your expectation of what make a ( conventionally ) good movie . williams isn not terrific and but he easily meet the need of the story and plus his character be suppose to be somewhat generic ( no one ) a he be the everyman and the avatar by which we ourselves enter the story . toni collette performance should be nominate for an oscar ( even if she maybe shouldn not win it ) . give it a shot . for quality and content alone and the night listener be surely in the top twenty percent of movie come out these day .