A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.
Olivia DeJonge
Rebecca Jamison
Ed Oxenbould
Tyler Jamison
Deanna Dunagan
Nana
Peter McRobbie
Pop Pop
Kathryn Hahn
Loretta Jamison
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Stacey
Samuel Stricklen
Conductor
Patch Darragh
Dr. Sam
Jorge Cordova
Miguel
Steve Annan
Man on the Street
Benjamin Kanes
Dad
Ocean James
Young Becca
Seamus Moroney
Young Tyler
Dave Jia
Cruise Passenger (uncredited)
Sajida De Leon
Cruise Passenger (uncredited)
John Buscemi
Police Officer (uncredited)
Richard Barlow
Police Officer (uncredited)
Shelby Lackman
J. Smith (uncredited)
Director, Writer
M. Night Shyamalan
March 14, 2016
6
> You a film prodigy? You know, I used to be a pretty good actor.
You can see here the desperate Shyamalan Attempt to get back to his old glory days. But in the last ten years he's not able to reach a decent success. Losing truth with big league actors and production house, so ended up doing movies with teens in his previous 3. So this one as well about two young siblings who goes to meet their grandparents from the rural. After the smooth first day the grandparents' unusual behaviour begin to scare the kids. In an attempt to find the truth, what follows is a twist in the tale.
PG13 rated 'found footage' horror-thriller. But the story might be either real or fiction that never explains, because the boy in the movie wanted to do a project. Not that scary except in a couple of scenes. A better story, but the movie was okay type. The entire film revolves around four characters, but the two kids led from the front with their excellent act. It faired well at the box office, but honestly, I was slightly disappointed with everything from it.
Shyamalan is better than this, but he had a few chances to prove it that did not work out well as everyone expected. It's only a matter of time to give an unexpected hit and turnover in his career, that's what I'm looking for, but looks like not any time soon. I think this film was better than his recent ones that delivers within its limit, so I consider it is a one time watch film and nothing else.
6/10