Split

Movie Review
Release on: Feb 18, 2017

Movie name	:	Split
Genres	:	Horror, Thriller
Run time	:	117 min
Produced by	:	M. Night Shyamalan
Directed by	:	M. Night Shyamalan
Music by	:	West Dylan Thordson
Writers	:	M. Night Shyamalan
Cinematography	:	Mike Gioulakis
Edited by	:	Luke Franco Ciarrocchi
Production	:	Blinding Edge Pictures ,Blumhouse Productions
Countries	:	USA

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Stars : Anya Taylor-Joy, James McAvoy, Haley Lu Richardson, Kim Director, Jessica Sula, Brad William Henke, Sebastian Arcelus, Betty Buckley, Lyne Renee, Maria Breyman, Neal Huff, Jalina Mercado, Steven Dennis, Peter Patrikios, Junnie Lopez, Andrea Havens, Kash Goins, Matthew Nadu, Dann Fink, Jon Douglas Rainey, Bruce Winant, Roy James Wilson, James Robinson Jr., Izzie Coffey, Barbara Edwards, Julie Potter, Kelly Werkheiser, Nakia Dillard, Jeffrey Mowery, John Mitchell, Robert Bizik, Brian Gildea, John Jillard Sr., Michael J. Kraycik, Michelle Santiago, Matthew Bowerman, Colin Campbell, Shawn Gonzalez, Aleksandra Svetlichnaya, Kayla Grasser, Corinne Costa, Michaela Bockarie, Gary Ayash, Jeff Buckner, Kerry Dutka, Laura Hart, Arielle Ingrassia-Smith, Vincent Riviezzo

Story : After three girls are kidnapped by a man with 24 distinct personalities they must find some of the different personalities that can help them while running away and staying alive from the others.

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‘Split’ immerses you into the chilling world of its characters as they descend into their individual versions of hell. On one hand, is Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) whose personas range from charming to downright menacing. Along with his therapist Dr. Karen Fletcher (Betty Buckley), we – the audience, underestimate the extent, and potential of his condition. Then there’s Casey Cooke (Anya Taylor-Joy), one of the three kidnapped girls with a genuinely horrifying backstory leading to a trademark Shyamalan twist ending.

Anya Taylor-Joy is a revelation as an actress, displaying courage and heart-wrenching vulnerability as Casey. She would steal the limelight if not for a career-defining performance by James McAvoy. Kevin’s complex personas – each with their own nuances ranging from speech impediments to unique body language; which McAvoy pins down all the way to the twitches, results in an unsettling experience which sets ‘Split’ apart from others in its genre. However, the intricacy of the story makes for a deterrent – albeit essential to the eventual climax. There’s a fair amount of exposition about Kevin’s condition – dissociative identity disorder – which results in some uneven pacing in an otherwise exhilarating endeavour.

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