Excellent!!

Rating: 8/10 (27 January 2017)

If you are reading this, I strongly urge you to disregard any negative reviews about this movie. I think most of us agree that M Night Syamalan's early work set such a precedent, expectations have been extremely high ever since. I believe 'Split' is very close to reaching the same level of reverence awarded 'The Sixth Sense'. James McAvoy's performance is astounding and develops into something quite terrifying. I wasn't disappointed with the rest of the cast either.
There seem to be conflicting opinions about multiple personality disorders, the prognosis and perceptions; this film touches on that. As well as exploring the facts we know about DID, it delves into speculations about the disorder. Shyamalan's parents are both Doctors therefore we expect appropriate research will have been done, but it is a fictional story at the end of the day and doesn't deserve some of the simple minded criticism it has received. Thankfully this appears to be a minority opinion and shouldn't deter anyone with an open mind.
Oh and there's a damn good unexpected twist at the end
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie!