Shyamalan & McAvoy Deliver A Great Movie And Split (Pun Intended) The Public

Rating: 9/10 (14 May 2017)

M. Night Shyamalan is one of those director that no matter what they do, they will have both many lovers and many haters, and that's because they usually divide the public with their style of film-making and storytelling. Since The Sixth Sense, Shyamalan has been tied to his first movie and compared with that, and that hasn't been a good thing many times. But in here he is able to reinvent himself and tells a tense story full of tension and suspense, and he does it very well.
The movie tells us the story of three young girls who are kidnapped by a man with split personalities (James McAvoy). And I stop here, because the less you know about this movie, the more enjoyable it is.
First of all I have to say that we probably are in front of one of the best performances of 2017 by the amazing James McAvoy. His ability to portray all this different personalities and making them well recognizable one of each other it's truly an achievement. And he gets that without overacting or anything like that, he just puts a different part of his personality into it so just with watching him walk or with his face gestures you can see which personality is on screen. A special mention also to Anya Taylor Joy, who was unknown to me until now and what a discover. She also makes a great performance and has a very good chemistry with McAvoy in the scenes they share together. They both are the true power of the film, because without them the probably would have been worse. That's probably because they're most of the time in screen. The psychologist was only used to help us to understand the illness of James McAvoy and the two other girls didn't got enough screen time to be useful.
Well not only the acting of this two but also the ability of Shyamalan of filming the scenes getting you really into the action, with first planes and the moving camera work he is used to, which adds another layer into this amazing movie. Also the score by West Dylan Thordson creates a very dark atmosphere which helps the movie to keep going, so you won't miss James Newton Howard in here, the usual composer of the Shyamalan movie, but even if so, you would get to hear something of him. I won't spoil it but it's worth the watch for the full movie.
And here is the last thing I have to add, the final third act of the movie is truly the thing that will leave you with these good taste when you finish it.
I recommend you to watch it, knowing nothing about it and trying to enjoy the best you can. It looks like Shyamaln is back and won't go for a long time (I hope).