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Split is a horror film that falls into the psychological thriller category.  Since its release on January 20, 2017, it has made over 55.1 million dollars.  It has been number one in the box office for the two weeks after its release.  

I have been patiently awaiting for Split to hit the theaters because of its intriguing plot line.  It is about three teenage girls who are kidnapped by a man who has Dissociative Identity Disorder.  They meet many of his 23 different personalities, including his real personality named Kevin Crumb, a nine-year-old boy named Hedwig, a stylist named Berry, a troubled adult man named Dennis and many more.  The girls soon learn about a 24th animal-like personality called “the beast”.  

Split was directed by M. Night Shyamalan, a well known horror movie director who has directed over 15 horror movies such as The Visit, Devil, The Sixth Sense and oddly enough Stewart Little.  For me, when I learned that M. Night Shyamalan was directing Split, that made me even more excited.  

To me, the only good thing about this movie was James McAvoy’s acting as Kevin (and his other personalities).  But through it all, some of his characters came off as comical, more than scary.  A prime example of this was Hedwig, a nine-year-old boy with a heavy lisp that at some points just seemed silly.  

The supporting roles were terrible actresses, and the “unpredictable” twists came off cliché.  When the main character starts having flashbacks to her childhood, I think we can all guess that something tragic happened to her as a child.  

The ending of Split seemed to me like a simple way out, as if they could not think of another ending.  I am not going to spoil it, but that was probably the most disappointed I have been after leaving the movie ever.  

The very last scene is extremely confusing to those who are not familiar with M. Night Shyamalan’s films because they randomly tie in a character from Unbroken.  This might have been to elude to a Split/Unbroken hybrid movie, or to tell Unbroken fans that the 16 years they spent waiting for a sequel might be coming to an end.

Overall from my experience of Split, it was predictable and not scary. The ending was a disappointment, and I do not think that they did the idea of the movie justice. In theory, this plotline has a ton of potential, but M. Night Shyamalan did not pull it off.

I give this movie one out of five popcorns because the plot sounded good, and the trailers made it seem amazing, but the movie itself fell flat.  I would not recommend Split to anyone, ever. For a movie with a man that has 24 personalities, the movie itself has no personality at all.