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Predictable, derivative, and sometimes preposterous, "Split" benefits largely from McAvoy's nuanced performance as well as Shyamalan's usual last-minute surprises. "Split" feels like an 'origins' film. Not only is the protagonist a villain, but he also remains at large. The heroine is one of his hostages.
Jan 20, 2017 · Split: Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. With James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Haley Lu Richardson. Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities.
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- Horror, Thriller
- M. Night Shyamalan
- 2017-01-20
Nov 16, 2016 · Film Review: ‘Split’. A welcome return to form from 'The Sixth Sense' director M. Night Shyamalan, whose unhinged new mind-bender is a worthy extension of his early work. By Peter Debruge ...
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Shyamalan has had quite an up-and-down career; in 2016 he tested the waters with the small-scale The Visit, and he now makes a bold return to his Sixth Sense and Unbreakable glory days. Split actually resembles the latter film in some ways, rooted in real-world theories about the elastic limits of human possibility.
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Universal Pictures
Apr 6, 2017 · A Shyamalan return-to-form feels less like a comeback and more like reincarnation. Or a release from a decade-and-a-half of wacky psychiatric internment. There was something about The Visit, his last movie before this one, that lent credence to that theory. It felt like he’d been away for a while.
User Reviews. James McAvoy gives what could have potentially been an award-worthy performance if it had appeared in a different film. He plays a man with multiple personalities who kidnaps three young girls as a part of a plot two of the personalities have hatched to unleash a powerful and unstoppable identity.
In any case, don’t think about it too much and just take Split for what it is: A cool little suspense flick that will make you think that maybe, just maybe, Shyamalan is back. Critical Movie Critic Rating: 4. Movie Review: Lavender (2016) Movie Review: Salt and Fire (2016) Tagged: doctor, girl, kidnap, mental illness, murder, survival. Movie ...
