I've reached a Split Decision -Contains Spoilers-

Rating: 9/10 (26 May 2017)

I've always dreamed of writing a review on IMDb.
Well, not really. Just seemed like an odd comment to start a review of what is an usual movie to rate.
This film starts off strong, but does tend to get a bit sluggish and somewhat repetitive. I'll come back to touch on the ending.
James McAvoy proves he's a really fine actor - Betty Buckley is a joy to watch as well. The other actors seem shallow and unconvincing by comparison.
This movie, given the lead's multiple personalities, led me to consider what I now realize I've known for some time. If the actor or actress has a likable personality or intriguing characteristics in real life viewers tend to relate and enjoy watching them regardless of the character they play in a particular film.
Split certainly contains plot holes and clichés, but there's some truly interesting aspects of this film as well(Spoilers ahead): -The notion that multiple personality disorders may manifest and affect one's mental as well as physical attributes -Individuals greatly affected by traumatic life experiences can transfer that to a source of great inner strength -There's a lot of creepy uncles out there.
Now for the list of items this film would have benefited from removing (again Spoilers): - Absurdly loud knocking on walls to ultimately find a hollow area of ceiling, taking 10 minutes to remove said sheet rock with a high heel shoe while others miraculously hold the door closed. Escape into an unnecessarily large air duct - only to hide in a locker and get caught.
-Girl with no pants and under high duress using a coat hanger slid through the top of a door to open the slide lock on the other side of the door. Anyone that has attempted to use a coat hanger to open a car lock in plain sight realizes it's absurd to think the hanger could be bent and used with such precision to latch onto a small knob that can't be seen.
-Girl's father teaches her how to shoot a gun in flashback scene. Apparently she wasn't a good student as she totally waste countless opportunities to kill her assailant.
-24 toothbrushes and convenient voice dialogues on PC with any password protection.
-Finally, Bruce Willis' character from Unbreakable cameo at the end. It would seem he hasn't yet figured out how to parlay his indestructibility into anything profitable as he has on the same blue collar clothes.
But this led me to consider there could be an interesting point to all Shyamalan's less than stellar movies...could he be telling us all one larger story in parts? Are his films and characters all just pieces that will all merge into one future film? Now that would be the ultimate twist.