Not a fan of The director since Unbreakable. It was slightly above average but no whee near the quality of The Sixth Sence. I don't know why I keep watching his movies, probably hoping one will be the same extraordinary quality. With all the pre-release buzz I thought this was finally that movie.
I was so disappointed. I rated it slightly lower than Unbreakable. I don't know exactly where it where it went off the rails, but it never held my attention (and I'm not ADHD- I sit though theee hours of a good bio pic.
A good part of this was the girls trying asinine ways to escape; at other time we see McAvoy play several personalities half heartily. After all the award talk I expected a much better and diverse McAvoy. Sadly, just like the majority of Night's films he has his actors perform methodically. It actually felt McAlvoy was pushing his talents against the brick wall of what the director wanted.
He wasn't the only actor who underplayed the role. So did the doctor and the three teenage girls. First, after all these late night calls for extra appointment why didn't she get upset earlier or pull a personality up (which she has stated she can do) to discover the emergency instead of A casual bye--you-leave when another dominant personality shows up to the appointment.
I rate this in the same category of Nights's films except the quality Sisth Sense and Devil, which he did not direct and only wrote the original story,
As for,the ending, I felt it was a cheap shot. If the point was they are in the same time, the message came across far too,strong. If it is a hitnt to an Unbreakable 2 I'll pass and see another big screen feature.
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Reply by Midi-chlorian_Count
on January 10, 2019 at 3:51 AM
Yeah maybe. Finally watched this and thought it was ok. However I couldn't help but wonder how it'd have been received without that final scene (and I guess the wall crawling).
Pretty average movie standing alone.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on January 11, 2019 at 1:08 PM
I believe you are most likely on point with your rating, as I have been disappointed by so many more recent Shyamalan films of late. I had wanted to see this as a precursor to Glass, but even that is getting crummy reviews now.
Reply by jorgito2001
on January 14, 2019 at 10:30 AM
Is it bad the ONLY true movie I like of his was Sixth Sense? I was dissapoointed by Unbreakable seeing in theaters back in 2000, with 'Glass' coming out (& my teens wanting to see it), I've rewatched Unbreakable, and even though I have a new appreciation for it, I'm STILL not crazy about it....
I recall Split not holding my attention much either, except when Bruce's character showed up in the end and I was like "whoa...crossover?!" So just took out Split from the library & gonna give it a rewatch maybe tonight. Neither movie had me completely blown away though, but here's hoping I'm pleasantly surprised by Glass.
Reply by Nygma-0999
on April 10, 2019 at 7:54 AM
Frankly i don't know what movie you guys were watching. Because i was completely riveted by this movie and James McAvoy performance. And i sure as hell would take it over some lame a$$ ripoff of invasion of the Body Snatchers with White people being the "Body Snatchers" and Black people being the "Bodies". As for James McAvoy. No i don't think he was half a$$ng it. Anymore that Orson Wells was half a$$ing it in Citizen Kane.