Freakshow from 'Split' will not surprise you.

Rating: 5/10 (21 January 2017)

Even though I have no regrets watching this movie, I found it - to put it bluntly- well, 'meh.' That being said, I don't mean to discredit McAvoy for his role as Kevin and the few other personalities. It is absolutely worth mentioning that he delivered each character very well. Unfortunately, McAvoys outstanding deliverance is probably the best thing, this movie has to offer. The films misses at many points, that it left me wondering what it actually wanted from us.
Except from Kevin and the 7 out of 23 personalities you are REALLY about to see, the other characters faded to the background. Casey (Taylor-Joy) and Dr. Fletcher (Buckley), the two other main roles of the movie, left a bit... uninteresting? While Casey has a backstory, that added hardly anything to the main situation, Dr. Fletcher maintains a weird relationship with her patient to discover Kevins extraordinary abilities, which remain undiscovered at the end of the movie. I wish the writers focused more on the different personalities and how the girls interacted with those. How Casey, for example, is able to deal with them differently, because of the information in the backstory (her past remained in this case unnecessary, in my opinion). Instead, Kevins disorder is turned into the freak-factor of this movie. His illness is disturbing, but not really shocking. It could have been much more.
'Split' is an average horror-thriller movie, which does not belong to Shyamalans worst work, or his best. The plot is very predictable and won't leave you surprised. Still, it is not a bad movie and worth to watch, because of the great acting jobs of McAvoy, Taylor-Joy and Buckley.