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By Mae Abdulbaki (411) for Screen Rant (892) on 22 Jul 2021

While Old is certainly a different kind of thriller, with plenty of elements that work to create a sense of tranquility and desperation in…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 22 Jul 2021

By the time “Old” is over, the strongest feeling it leaves us with is that it just got 108 minutes shorter…

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By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 22 Jul 2021

Of course, it all comes down to a Shyamalan-style final twist — the most entertaining part of the film, but it comes way, way too late…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 22 Jul 2021

Despite an intriguing premise, some Hitchcockian camerawork and a few effective shock scares, this is a thudding disappointment with surprisingly…

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By Todd Gilchrist (762) for TheWrap (3,203) on 22 Jul 2021

The filmmaker’s diminishing capacity for recognizing naturalistic human behavior once again presents a problem when the time comes for audiences…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 22 Jul 2021

Old grabs you right away, starts losing you at the half-hour mark, pulls you back in with some agreeably bonkers set-pieces, drags you through…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 22 Jul 2021

More frustrating than nerve-wracking, Old is hampered by its one-dimensional characterisations within an intriguing set-up…

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By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 22 Jul 2021

Viewers who can take it at face value may find a chill or two here, but ultimately Old can’t escape the goofiness of its premise long enough…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 22 Jul 2021

Old, like most Shyamalan movies, has a catchy hook along with some elegant filmmaking gambits…

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By Clint Worthington (295) for Consequence (296) on 22 Jul 2021

Old, for its part, is quintessential Shyamalan of The Happening mold, a slick, amped-up B movie that hardly ever gives away that it’s in…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 22 Jul 2021

The most laughably ludicrous and clumsy “explainer” of a third act that Shyamalan has ever served up…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 22 Jul 2021

This supernatural thriller has a wild conceit about a time-bending beach, and every creaky device to hand gets thrown in to keep it going…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Time (1,811) on 22 Jul 2021

The possibilities are rich. But Old is just dumb…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 22 Jul 2021

M. Night Shyamalan is up to his old tricks in Old, but after his heralded breakthrough with Split, he's back on a downward trajectory…

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By Stephen A. Russell (22) for Time Out (7,510) on 22 Jul 2021

Shyamalan has never excelled at dialogue, but the mangling here is gobsmacking…

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By Matt Maytum (105) for Total Film (3,532) on 22 Jul 2021

An intriguing concept is executed frustratingly poorly. On the Shyamalan spectrum, it’s more The Happening than Unbreakable…

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By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 22 Jul 2021

To be fair, at least Old captures the sense of time passing past too fast: Rarely have I felt more like my life was slipping away in the cinema…

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