Overrated by moviegoers who feel sorry for Shyamalan

Rating: 4/10 (14 May 2017)

Movie fans has spent too many years now with Shyamalan bashing, why they are tired of it (and themselves). They found a glimpse of light in "The Visit", which indeed was a big step up compared to his recent movies, but it was still a mediocre and not very memorable thriller comedy. The reviews, however, often made it sound like a minor masterpiece.
This movie is also a step up, but not at all the fantastic comeback everybody hail it to be. "Split" would fare better without the twist, which appeal to fans of one of his first movies, but really is awkwardly inserted. Or, it would fare much better if the twist WAS inserted in a skilled and seamless way. Now it is a surprising bullshit ending -- everything leading up to it is muddled, too convoluted and hidden among details which have nothing to do with the twist. The plot you get in this movie is far away from the clear and distinct structure and storytelling in Shyamalan's first movies like "Seventh Sense" and "Unbreakable". You could see these movies a second time and be amazed by how every small detail fitted in the machinery which revealed itself in the end.
Not here.