Split Review

The movie marks the comeback of Night M Shyamalan who was once a celebrated director with his hits such as The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable suddenly fell apart with series of mediocre or flop movies. Just when critics thought Shyamalan is lost, he showed us a glimpse of hope with his Film The Visit. The Split definitely means that Shyamalan is back and he’s here in this industry for a reason. His movies are quite contemplative and he has a unique touch in his movies which makes us as audience experience too many emotions in them.

Split is a film starring James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb, who has undergone severe mental abuse in his childhood and disassociate identity disorder which made him create 23 distinctive personalities among himself, some of them more unpleasant than others. The film starts with one of the characters called Dennis who kidnaps three girls out of which two are popular and typical teenage girls and the other who is the main protagonist is a lonely girl Casey who is also affected by her own life. Series of Characters such as Dennis, Patricia, Hedwig who continuously interact with the girls. Here shines the acting skills of McAvoy where he pulls off some brilliant acting which makes the audience engage into the movie and get a grab of the character. It almost feels as if it was written solely on the prowess of his skills.

Series of Dramas and the characters interaction with the psychiatrist Dr. Fletcher adds to the pace of the movie. I love the way that the movie has made even tiny details seems significant in the long run, an example where the doctor calls the full name of Kevin to bring out the original character during her sessions and this detail is used in the later part of the film. And also love the way the film dealt with the character Arc of Casey but what we get is a poignant moment of truth where an antagonist character relates with her suffering.

This movie also teases us about the big character named “The Beast” who is the 24th character and is said to control the others all and the movie all sets up an act for the reveal of The Beast. This was also a reference to his previous hit “Unbreakable” which opens up a big storyline and it set up a base for the whole new Universe that Shyamalan created and lets just hope something great turns out from this in the future

Though the film lost its pace towards the end and felt like breaking apart. It was carried away by the mindblowing acting of McAvoy and the scintillating background score from West Dylan Thordson. And with a subtle twist, in the end, this ended this movie in a good note.

Overall this proved to be one of the best films from Shyamalan and he may have finally found himself the productive niche that eluded him for so long.

If you haven’t watched it, Please go ahead without any doubt.