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By Glenn Dunks (375) for Junkee (216) on 28 Jan 2017

While individual scenes are occasionally thrilling in the moment, they don't hold much weight, and it ends with a whimper that suggests the…

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By Craig Mathieson (459) for The Sunday Age (488) on 27 Jan 2017

Taylor-Joy has a sense of self-possession so fierce it's frightening, and…

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By Lindsey Bahr (430) for Associated Press (1,685) on 27 Jan 2017

Split isn't a disaster; it's just all over the place and not nearly as effective as it should be for something with such a good premise and…

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By Margot Harrison (328) for Seven Days (657) on 27 Jan 2017

Without a doubt, this film is tense, lean and sometimes mean…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 27 Jan 2017

Shows that Shyamalan doesn't need a twist to make an intense, engaging thriller that satisfies our morbid inner cravings…

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By Josh Terry (603) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 27 Jan 2017

Regardless of how you feel about the ending, though, most will note a tour de force performance from McAvoy, who is often called to transition…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 27 Jan 2017

An armrest-clutching psychological thriller that is bound to render you breathless by the time the credits roll...with the spirit of Alfred…

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By Bob Grimm (315) for Tucson Weekly (71) on 26 Jan 2017

The competition for next year's Best Actor Oscar nominations begins here in January with this, the first truly good Shyamalan film in a long while…

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By Sarah Ward (538) for ArtsHub (131) on 26 Jan 2017

The biggest surprise here isn't the premise itself, or how the accompanying tale unfolds... it's how effectively everything plays out…

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By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 26 Jan 2017

With nothing remotely human menacing the girls, the horrors visited upon them become just so much nasty sadism…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Jan 2017

Three teenage girls are held captive in a grimy building somewhere by a madman with 23 personalities, but at least they aren't trapped in a…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 25 Jan 2017

The director's use of offscreen space to generate tension is particularly expert, as demonstrated in an opening abduction sequence that is…

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By Sadhbh Ní Bhroin (12) for Film Ireland Magazine (354) on 25 Jan 2017

A gripping and suspenseful film with a troubling relationship to mental illness…

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By Lauren Terry (23) for Willamette Week (516) on 25 Jan 2017

The combination of James McAvoy's riveting performance as Kevin…

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By Roe Mcdermott (197) for Hot Press (197) on 25 Jan 2017

Featuring a villain whose personality disorder means he has 23 distinct identities inhabiting his body, Shyamalan immediately falls into well-worn…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 25 Jan 2017

Unfortunately, Split is a preposterous bore that steals shamelessly from The Search for Bridey Murphy, The Three Faces of Eve, Sybil and Shirley…

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By Fico Cangiano (235) for CineXpress (235) on 24 Jan 2017

Split is a great psychological thriller with supernatural reach, that works thanks to an excellent return to form by M…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 24 Jan 2017

Lurid and squicky, Split treads water and keeps too many secrets on a dull path to the revelation of its self-satisfied cleverness…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 24 Jan 2017

A suspenseful supernatural thriller that becomes a teasing origin story, perhaps propelling a sequel…

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By Cameron Meier (130) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 24 Jan 2017

Though Split still doesn't approach the quality of The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, it is proof that the writer-director finally has something…

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