Overview
An outing takes a sinister turn for three teenage friends (Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, and Jessica Sula) when they are kidnapped by a ruthless stranger (James McAvoy) and imprisoned in his basement. They soon learn that their captor has multiple-personality disorder, forcing them to plot their escape without ever knowing which of his 23 personas -- young or old, male or female, benign or monstrous -- they will confront on the way out. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
M. Night Shyamalan - Director
James McAvoy
Anya Taylor-Joy
Haley Lu Richardson
Kim Director
Jessica Sula
Brad William Henke
Betty Buckley
Sebastian Arcelus
Lyne Renee
Neal Huff
Details
- Format: DVD
- Run Time: 116
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 025192387517
- Genre: Horror
- Rating: PG-13 (MPAA) (disturbing thematic content and behavior, violence and some language)
- Release Date: April 2017
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
4 stars out of 5 -- "We’re used to fiendish plots emanating from M. Night Shyamalan, the precocious wunderkind behind THE SIXTH SENSE and SIGNS....SPLIT though, might well be his most compellingly warped concoction to date..." - 01/16/2017 Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "Shyamalan holds off on a twist in favour of a measured development of a far-out premise, though an intensely fan- satisfying development pops up near the end." - 01/16/2017 Empire
"M. Night Shyamalan proves he can still pull off a genuine surprise at the end of his unnervingly clever new thriller, SPLIT." - 01/19/2017 Los Angeles Times
"Shyamalan pulls out one ingenious camera move after another with the help of Michael Gioulakis...echoing SPLIT’s subterranean setting and subconscious concerns through creative and formalist thrills." -- Grade: B+ - 01/19/2017 A.V. Club
3 stars out of 4 -- "SPLIT is more lean and taut in its narrative and pace than we’ve seen from Shyamalan lately....It feels like it’s in constant forward motion, even when it flashes backward to provide perspective." - 01/20/2017 RogerEbert.com
3 stars out of 4 -- "[T]hrough it all is McAvoy, playing these characters for real, with everything he's got, as if they meant something. Thanks to him, they do." - 01/18/2017 Rolling Stone
"Thanks largely to McAvoy, Split is easily Shyamalan’s best film since SIGNS....And with SPLIT, Shyamalan may have finally found himself the productive niche that eluded him for so long." - 01/20/2017 The Atlantic
"[The film] gets by on the strength of McAvoy’s fearless, electrifyingly adaptive performance." - 01/19/2017 Boston Globe
3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t comes off thanks to the bravura performance -- or performances -- of James McAvoy, who throws himself into the role -- or roles -- with an admirable mix of skill and abandon." - 01/19/2017 The Guardian
"There is a certain pleasure, to be sure, from watching McAvoy, who delivers a bravura performance....It’s nicely balanced by Taylor-Joy’s low-key grit as the heroine..." - 01/19/2017 Washington Post
"The director ties themes together at the end with more finesse than usual, letting a couple of meaningful visuals speak for themselves where he might have thrown in a line or two of explanatory dialogue. And as for that final twist, it's a doozy." - 09/26/2016 Hollywood Reporter
"Ultimately, SPLIT belongs to McAvoy, who has ample scenery to chew, but doesn’t stop there — he practically swallows the camera with his tiger-like teeth." - 11/16/2016 Variety
