A note in general: for the last 15 years people love to complain about Mr Shyamalans films. You should have learned your lesson by now. If you don't like his style of narrative, don't go see any of his films. Really, skip all his past and future flicks and quit complaining.
We've all loved "The 6th Sense" but IMHO "Signs" and "Lady in Water" were OK, "Unbreakable" was superb (i've seen it 5 times) and I even enjoyed "the Village" which was at least unique. Surely he has produced a few duds but, who hasn't?
Split is a solid Shyamalan-style film, elevated by a superb performance by James McAvoy. Shyamalan-style simply suggests a strong story, solid dialog, one or many twists and weird camera angles. You get no special effects, no splatter-horror elements and surely no boo frights.
The film easily ranks to a 7 for what it is, but instead we have an outstanding performance from the leading actor so 8/10 from me.
We've all loved "The 6th Sense" but IMHO "Signs" and "Lady in Water" were OK, "Unbreakable" was superb (i've seen it 5 times) and I even enjoyed "the Village" which was at least unique. Surely he has produced a few duds but, who hasn't?
Split is a solid Shyamalan-style film, elevated by a superb performance by James McAvoy. Shyamalan-style simply suggests a strong story, solid dialog, one or many twists and weird camera angles. You get no special effects, no splatter-horror elements and surely no boo frights.
The film easily ranks to a 7 for what it is, but instead we have an outstanding performance from the leading actor so 8/10 from me.