Lady In The Water

Movie directed by:
M. Night Shyamalan

Film produced by:
Samuel L. Mercer, M. Night Shyamalan, and John Rusk

Movie starring:
Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Freddy Rodriguez, Jeffrey Wright, and Bob Balaban

Film tagline: Time is running out for a happy ending.

Lady in the Water is a movie about (from this movie site and this movie site):
Cleveland Heep, a modest building manager, rescues a mysterious young woman from danger and discovers she is actually a narf--a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the treacherous journey from our world back to hers. Cleveland and his fellow tenants start to realize that they are also characters in this bedtime story. As Cleveland falls deeper and deeper in love with the woman, he works together with the tenants to protect his new fragile friend from the deadly creatures that reside in this fable and are determined to prevent her from returning home.

Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep (Giamatti) rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.