At the same time the film was panned for its low-budget special effects and predictable, unexciting story.

However, a predictable story with a 'nothing new to offer' feel mars the flow.

It is a very predictable story with nothing noteworthy to mention about.

Yet the author overcomes a predictable story with a beguiling show of energy, humor and tenderness.

But this material is never really integrated with the more predictable domestic story.

Questions were raised if the show would fall into a rhythmic and predictable story but everyone wished for the best.

The predictable story includes a widowed marine biologist and his young son, both of whom want to save the creatures from destruction.

"Touched," however, puts a lively spin on its predictable stories.

It was the old predictable story; it would be a younger Christian, she was sure of that.

That part of the story's so predictable it's not even worth repeating, is it?