Split
Universal Pictures | Release Date: January 20, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 48 Critic Reviews
Positive:
31
Mixed:
13
Negative:
4
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ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJan 19, 2017
Unimaginative horror movies are a dime a dozen, but overlong, boring, unimaginative horror movies? Those are rare. However, in Split, that’s what writer/director M. Night Shyamalan has provided the early 2017 movie-going populace. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJan 24, 2017
My loathing of Split goes beyond its derivative ideas and second-hand parts. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedJan 25, 2017
Unfortunately, Split is a preposterous bore that steals shamelessly from "The Search for Bridey Murphy," "The Three Faces of Eve," "Sybil" and Shirley Jackson’s novel "The Bird’s Nest," made by a man who has been spending entirely too much time watching "Law and Order: SVU." Read full review
10
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternJan 19, 2017
Split reworks some of the themes Mr. Shyamalan developed in the 2000 “Unbreakable” — weakness and strength, unstoppable power, a sense of emergent destiny. The film contends that people are purified by suffering. Having suffered through the screening, I’m still waiting for my purer self to kick in. Read full review
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