Rent Split (2016)

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1h 52min
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Synopsis:
Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan returns with an original thriller that delves mysterious recesses of one man's fractured, gifted mind. Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has revealed 23 personalities to his psychiatrist, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialise and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him - as well as everyone around him - as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Marc Bienstock, Jason Blum, M. Night Shyamalan
Voiced By:
Dann Fink, Bruce Winant
Writers:
M. Night Shyamalan
Aka:
Untitled M. Night Shyamalan Project
Studio:
Universal Pictures
Genres:
Thrillers
Collections:
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BBFC:
Release Date:
05/06/2017
Run Time:
112 minutes
Languages:
English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.40:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Alternate Ending
  • Deleted Scenes
  • The Making of 'Split'
  • The Many Faces of James McAvoy
  • And More!
BBFC:
Release Date:
05/06/2017
Run Time:
117 minutes
Languages:
English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, French DTS 5.1, German DTS 5.1, Italian DTS 5.1, Russian DTS 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1
Subtitles:
Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.40:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Alternate Ending
  • Deleted Scenes
  • The Making of 'Split'
  • The Many Faces of James McAvoy
  • And More!
BBFC:
Release Date:
05/06/2017
Run Time:
117 minutes
Languages:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS 5.1
Subtitles:
Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Swedish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.40:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B

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Reviews (12) of Split

Silly but Fun - Split review by Alphaville

Spoiler Alert
21/06/2017

You’ve probably given up on M. Night Shyamalan by now, but you might want to give him another shot with this. James McAvoy has 23 multiple personalities, kidnaps three teenage girls and keeps them in a locked room. You’d think the girls would take one of several opportunities to beat him over the head with one implement or another, especially in his 9yo boy guise, but we have to skip over this gaping plot hole. After all, it isn’t Room.

There’s very little variety in what happens on screen except to explore McAvoy’s various personalities, padded out with a subplot concerning his psychiatrist and pointless flashbacks to our main heroine’s childhood. However, there’s a nice sense of foreboding as we learn that there may be a 24th personality called the Beast. This builds to a silly but fun climax and a great coda. This is a flawed film, but at least it’s a Night film you want to keep watching.

2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.

Stunning performance by McAvoy - Split review by TB

Spoiler Alert
04/09/2017

An absolutely stunning performance by James McAvoy in a deeply disturbing and tense thriller. Superb film ????

2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.

I enjoyed it - Split review by AC

Spoiler Alert
13/02/2019

I liked this film, suspense and a little horror. James McAvoy portrays the characters' different personalities well, and does give you a feeling a menacing foreboding throughout.

2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.

Critic review

Split (aka Untitled M. Night Shyamalan Project) review by Adrijan Arsovski - Cinema Paradiso

James McAvoy stars in a Shamalamadingdong (M. Night Shyamalan) film about mental disorders - moreover dissociative identity disorder that I can’t happen but get familiar vibes off of it by mere seconds into the flick. Oh that’s right: Identity is the feature I was reminiscing about, a film by James Mangold that did the same premise in a more subtle way as opposed to Shyamalan’s Split. That isn’t to say Split is worse than Identity, but the two are so intertwined that one cannot help but feel as if they both serve as interchangeable sequels to one another.

So, Split is kind of unique?

Meet James McAvoy’s 24 personalities that can change on a whim – he doesn’t know how to tame them or keep them under control; some of them are friendly, others not so much. In a performance worthy of admiration, if not several major film awards, McAvoy steals the show (which is all about him nonetheless) by kidnapping several teen girls and locking them into a self-built dungeon. His craftsmanship extends well beyond mere corridors and pipelines however, at least until he realizes the major mistake to never put human-sized ventilation shafts above a given prison in which kidnap victims are to be held. Still, and I can nonchalantly use this here, in a Shyamalan twist that I personally did not expect to see here, we find out that Split is part of something way bigger than previously imagined.

Mr. Shyamalan shows that he knows his craft well. The camera moves meticulously in and around the room and one can almost sense that Mr. Night doesn’t waste any shots. His features, ranging from best (Unbreakable) to worst (the Happening) have always had their fair share of mystery and suspense going on behind the curtain. Split is not an exemption and follows a formula well, whilst also adding few exceptions to the Shyamalan rule of thumb.

The script is so-so. At times, it feels like Split doesn’t want to venture into new territory and this fact alone falters the movie and prevents it at the same time to fully develop its premise to culmination. Split offers flashbacks galore, probably one too many for its own sake. And from the supposedly 23 split personalities, Mr. Night only cares to show eight, while the others are fully absent from the film. From those 8, only few are fully fleshed out – the others equal to a gimmick. For a friendly reminder, Identity sported 9 or so split personalities grand total. Also Kudos to Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch), who plays Casey Cooke extremely well and provides great opposition to McAvoy’s personality madness; worth mentioning is Betty Buckley portraying the psychologist Dr. Karen Fletcher.

Bottom line, Split is unique, claustrophobic and M. Night Shyamalan’s official return to form.

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