It's got Paprika in it.......

Rating: 9/10 (20 January 2017)

Though Kevin has shown 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialise and dominate all the others.
Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him, as well as everyone around him, as the walls between his personalities shatter apart.
Split is the epitome of the term 'the final scene makes the whole film', because while Split is the directors best movie in fifteen years, some of the scenes in the film are almost fantasy, and appear not to make any sense, but this is why Shyalaman is such a wonderful storyteller when he really put his mind to it.
McAvoy is completely wonderful as the troubled Kevin, and his performances are so good, you really believe that he is playing more than one different character, is it Shyalaman's sinister version of The Klumps? Of course not, but McAvoy morphs into the different personalities using nothing more than body language and voice changing, and it never once verges on the absurd.
Camera-work is beautiful, with lots of close ups as if the film is almost analysing the audience watching the film.
The kidnap part of the film is perfunctory stuff, and thank goodness the three girls get separated, because at one point, it almost verges on those awful teen horror remakes that polluted cinema screens in the noughties.
Child abuse is a big part of the narrative, flashbacks hint at something more sinister, but it shows that the ones who get hurt, and are different because of major life changes, makes the person stronger, you hit rock bottom, there is no other way than up.
Major Spoilers.............
The twist of the film isn't something you'd guess, but it's a sequel of sorts, and it gave me goosebumps, and explained the fantasy element of the film.
A wonderful film, and a return to form from the director