A mediocre story with good performances...

Rating: 5/10 (19 May 2017)

With the great rating and good reviews that this 2016 movie by director M. Night Shyamalan had gotten, I must admit that I was looking forward to getting to watch it and was hoping that this would indeed be a step up from the usual messy movies that he directs.
And while "Split" starts out great enough, it quickly becomes apparent that this is just yet another story befuddled by his directorial skills. Sure, the movie had some great moments, but the storyline was just too predictable, and when the main character started to climb on the wall and ceiling I was just about ready to turn off the movie and find something else to watch.
It should be said that this movie is watchable and enjoyable only because of the interesting and diverse performance that James McAvoy puts on as he portrays multiple personalities trapped within the same body.
"Split" is about as predictable as they come, and you got it figured out not way too far into the movie, and the storyline was suffering from that face, as if being relatively weak in storyline wasn't enough.
All in all, James McAvoy carries this movie and makes it worth watching. However, "Split" is not an oustanding movie from director M. Night Shyamalan. The movie does have fans, that much is clear from the high rating. However, personally, I found it to be just a mediocre movie, and I wasn't impressed with it aside from James McAvoy.