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==Plot==
==Plot==
Three teenagers, friends Claire ([[Haley Lu Richardson]]) and Marcia ([[Jessica Sula]]) and outsider Casey ([[Anya Taylor-Joy]]), are kidnapped by "Dennis", one of the 23 split personalities inhabiting the body of Kevin Wendell Crumb ([[James McAvoy]]), a victim of childhood abuse with severe [[dissociative identity disorder]], and held captive in an underground cellar. Kevin's psychiatrist, Dr. Karen Fletcher ([[Betty Buckley]]), who believes that in such cases the psychological inbalance can cause physiological changes, is concerned to find a string of e-mails sent by Kevin's dominant personality, "Barry", asking for a meeting.
After a wholesome teen birthday party, three girls are captured in broad daylight: friends Claire and Marcia, and difficult outsider Casey. Their captor, Kevin, locks the three in a windowless room with an adjoining bathroom.


Claire and Marcia conspire to attack "Dennis", but are dissuaded by Casey, and realize the Kevin's nature when another personality, "Patricia", assures them that "Dennis" is forbidden from touching them as they serve a greater purpose. Casey seeks to befriend "Hedwig", another personality with a preteen mentality, who confides that they will be sacrificed to "The Beast", a fabled 24th personality, and inadvertly reveals that the cellar has recently been reinforced to hold them. Casey and Marcia barricade the door while Claire attempts to crawl through the fresh drywall, but "Dennis" emerges and stops her, locking Claire in a separated cell.
Dr. Fletcher is Kevin's psychiatrist, who is revealed to have [[dissociative identity disorder]], exhibiting 23 distinct personalities. Dr. Fletcher is aware of Kevin's problem; some of his personalities believe that there is a 24th and final personality, "The Beast", and that it is coming. Kevin, now calling himself Barry, visits Dr. Fletcher. She shows concern over an e-mail that Barry had sent her the previous night, stating that it is urgent that they set an appointment to meet. But he simply shrugs her off, saying that everything is fine.


"Dennis" masquerades as "Barry" and attends a meeting with Dr. Fletcher, dismissing the e-mails, but Dr. Fletcher notices discrepancies in his behavior and quickly realizes "Dennis" and "Patricia" have supplanted "Barry" as the dominant personality, and they discuss the possibility of "the Beast" being real. Casey and Marcia later receive food from "Patricia", who brings them to the kitchen. Seeing an opportunity to escape, Marcia hits "Patricia" with a chair and runs away, but is caught and placed a different cell. Casey then seeks to befriend "Hedwig", having earlier heard him mention a window in his bedroom.
Back at their cell, the girls hear two people talking beyond their door. Seeing that one of them is a woman, Claire and Marcia desperately call for help. However, when the door opens, the female voice is shown to be Kevin, now calling himself Miss Patricia. Patricia then proceeds to give the girls food and water. She tells them that she had already told their captor, Dennis, to take good care of them as they are there to serve a greater and higher purpose, and leaves. Later, Casey then wakes up to find their cell open, with Kevin sitting by the door. He tells them that he is a 9-year-old boy named Hedwig. He then tells the girls that the Beast is coming for them, and they are going to be its food. Taking advantage of his young intellect, Casey tries to befriend Hedwig; she pleads for him to let them escape but he refuses. Upon hearing the noise, Hedwig tries to open the door but is overpowered by Casey and Marcia. Hedwig shifts to Dennis and easily opens the door. However, Claire is able to climb to the ceiling but is captured by Dennis and placed in a different room than the girls.


"Dennis" once again visits Dr. Fletcher, and they talk about Kevin's father, who abandoned Kevin as a child aboard a train, leading the other personalities believe that "the Beast" is hidden inside a train car. The personalities began manifesting to help Kevin cope with the abuse he was subjected to by his mother, who suffered from [[obsessive compulsive disorder]]. Arriving back to Casey's cell, "Hedwig" is persuaded to take Casey to his bedroom, but she is disappointed to learn there is only the drawing of a window. She grabs a functional walkie-talkie nearby and radios for help before being subdued by "Dennis". Casey then experiences flashbacks of being molested by her uncle John ([[Brad William Henke]]), who became her legal guardian after her father's ([[Sebastian Arcelus]]) death.
Upon returning to his psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher realizes that Dennis and Patricia, no longer Barry, are now in control of Kevin. Dr. Fletcher confronts Dennis to the possibility of the Beast existing. Dennis continues his charade as Barry while talking to Dr. Fletcher, once again dismissing the string of e-mails that Barry had sent her the previous night.


Dr. Fletcher visits Kevin's house and realizes he is responsible for the kidnappings. She excuses herself to the bathroom and attempts to help the girls, but is caught, drugged and locked up by "Dennis", who then goes into a train car and becomes "the Beast", gaining superhuman speed, strength, durability and the ability to climb walls, directly analogous with several predators in the animal kingdom. Determining that the only way to awaken the real Kevin is to speak his full name, Dr. Fletcher writes it on a piece of paper before being attacked and crushed to death by "The Beast". Meanwhile, the girls separatedly try to escape from their cells.
Marcia and Casey then receive food from Patricia, taking them out of the cell and bringing them to the kitchen. Seeing a chance to escape, Marcia hits Patricia with a chair and runs away, but is caught and placed a different cell. Casey continues to befriend Hedwig, who tells her that he has a CD player in his room next to his window.


"The Beast" devours Claire and Marcia, while Casey stumbles upon Dr. Fletcher's corpse and her instructions and briefly awakens Kevin by speaking his name. Horrified by his actions, Kevin directs Casey to where his shotgun is and orders her to kill him before his other personalities begin to take over him, switching from one to the other until "The Beast" returns and corners Casey. She shoots him to no avail, and "the Beast" then voices his plans to rid the world of the "untouched", those whose hearts are impure because they have never suffered in their lives.
Dennis once again returns to Dr. Fletcher. They talk about Kevin's father, who left him when he was little aboard a train. Thus, the other personalities believe that the Beast is hidden inside a train car. Also Kevin's mother, who was also suffering from [[obsessive compulsive disorder]], abused him as a child, leading to him creating different personalities to escape.


"The Beast" prepares to devour Casey when he notices numerous scars on her chest and abdomen and rejoices in the fact that she is "pure". Believing that troubled people are exceptional, "the Beast" spares Casey and escapes, while Casey is rescued by one of Kevin's co-workers and learns she was being held underneath the local zoo, where Kevin works and lives, in the basement of the maintenance building. In another hideout, "Dennis", "Patricia" and "Hedwig" excert permanent control of Kevin's body and admire the power of "The Beast" and their plans to change the world.
Arriving back to Casey's cell as Hedwig, he tells her that it is now time to go to his room. However, it is shown that the window Hedwig was referring to was in fact a drawing of his. He then shows her a functioning walkie-talkie. Casey then turns it on and uses it to tell someone that she was abducted. Before she was able to use it properly, Hedwig suddenly shifts to Patricia and overpowers her. Casey is again sent back to her cell. In a flashback, it is then revealed that her uncle molested her as a child and that he became her guardian when her father died.


In a diner, patrons listen to the media coverage of Kevin's crimes, for which he's been nicknamed "The Horde". One of the patrons notes the resemblance between Kevin and a wheelchair-bound serial killer arrested 15 years prior, asking for the man's name. David Dunn ([[Bruce Willis]]), who is in the vicinity, reminds that it was "[[Unbreakable (film)|Mr. Glass]]".
Dr. Fletcher visits Kevin in his home. Now Dennis, they begin to talk about the Beast. Dr. Fletcher then realizes that Kevin might be responsible for the abduction of the girls and that he is dangerous. She then tells him that she would leave right after going to the bathroom but opens the door of Claire's cell. Dennis then drugs Dr. Fletcher and locks her up in a different room. Dennis boards the train and becomes the Beast, gaining superhuman speed, strength, durability and the ability to climb walls, directly analogous with several predators in the animal kingdom. Simultaneously, the girls are each trying to escape their respective rooms. Upon waking up, Dr. Fletcher writes Kevin's full name on a piece of paper on the table, but the Beast grabs and crushes her to death before she can utter it.

The Beast then turns his attention to the girls, devouring Claire and Marcia, but Casey escapes to the room where Fletcher's corpse is and locks the Beast in Marcia's cell. After he escapes, Casey says Kevin's full name, thus making him revert back to his original personality. Kevin tells her where his shotgun is and orders her to shoot him. However, all of his other personalities start to take over him, switching from one to the other. He then reverts back to the Beast and chases Casey. Finally being cornered by the Beast, Casey shoots him with the gun but he is not affected. The Beast tells Casey that he plans to get rid of the "untouched", or those people who have never suffered in their life, as their hearts are impure because they have never felt any suffering or pain. He begins to slowly open the bars of the cage. However, upon seeing that Casey has numerous scars on her chest and abdomen, the Beast rejoices in the fact that she is pure. The Beast does not kill her and leaves her be, believing that troubled people are exceptional.

The next morning, Casey is found by a worker and is saved. It is revealed that the dungeon was underneath the zoo where Kevin works and lives (in the basement of the maintenance building). Kevin is seen to be alive and well, his three personalities of Dennis, Patricia and Hedwig are still in control and amazed by the power of the Beast.

In a diner, patrons listen to a news anchor discuss how Kevin is still at large and has been given the nickname "The Horde". One of the patrons begins to mention how Kevin is similar to a "guy in a wheelchair from about 15 years ago" and then asks what his name was, as the camera pans over to show David Dunn who replys "[[Unbreakable (film)|Mr. Glass]]...".


==Cast==
==Cast==

Revision as of 02:06, 22 January 2017

Split
Theatrical release poster
Directed byM. Night Shyamalan
Written byM. Night Shyamalan
Starring
CinematographyMike Gioulakis
Edited byLuke Franco Ciarrocchi
Music byWest Dylan Thordson
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • September 26, 2016 (2016-09-26) (Fantastic Fest)
  • January 20, 2017 (2017-01-20) (United States)
Running time
117 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[2]
Box office$14.6 million[3]

Split is a 2017 American psychological horror thriller film based on the true story of Billy Milligan directed by M. Night Shyamalan.[4][5] The film stars James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy and Betty Buckley and follows a man with 23 different personalities who kidnaps three girls.

Principal photography began on November 11, 2015, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 26, 2016 and was released in the United States on January 20, 2017 by Universal Pictures. It has been described as a thematic sequel to Shyamalan's 2000 film Unbreakable.[6]

Plot

Three teenagers, friends Claire (Haley Lu Richardson) and Marcia (Jessica Sula) and outsider Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy), are kidnapped by "Dennis", one of the 23 split personalities inhabiting the body of Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy), a victim of childhood abuse with severe dissociative identity disorder, and held captive in an underground cellar. Kevin's psychiatrist, Dr. Karen Fletcher (Betty Buckley), who believes that in such cases the psychological inbalance can cause physiological changes, is concerned to find a string of e-mails sent by Kevin's dominant personality, "Barry", asking for a meeting.

Claire and Marcia conspire to attack "Dennis", but are dissuaded by Casey, and realize the Kevin's nature when another personality, "Patricia", assures them that "Dennis" is forbidden from touching them as they serve a greater purpose. Casey seeks to befriend "Hedwig", another personality with a preteen mentality, who confides that they will be sacrificed to "The Beast", a fabled 24th personality, and inadvertly reveals that the cellar has recently been reinforced to hold them. Casey and Marcia barricade the door while Claire attempts to crawl through the fresh drywall, but "Dennis" emerges and stops her, locking Claire in a separated cell.

"Dennis" masquerades as "Barry" and attends a meeting with Dr. Fletcher, dismissing the e-mails, but Dr. Fletcher notices discrepancies in his behavior and quickly realizes "Dennis" and "Patricia" have supplanted "Barry" as the dominant personality, and they discuss the possibility of "the Beast" being real. Casey and Marcia later receive food from "Patricia", who brings them to the kitchen. Seeing an opportunity to escape, Marcia hits "Patricia" with a chair and runs away, but is caught and placed a different cell. Casey then seeks to befriend "Hedwig", having earlier heard him mention a window in his bedroom.

"Dennis" once again visits Dr. Fletcher, and they talk about Kevin's father, who abandoned Kevin as a child aboard a train, leading the other personalities believe that "the Beast" is hidden inside a train car. The personalities began manifesting to help Kevin cope with the abuse he was subjected to by his mother, who suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder. Arriving back to Casey's cell, "Hedwig" is persuaded to take Casey to his bedroom, but she is disappointed to learn there is only the drawing of a window. She grabs a functional walkie-talkie nearby and radios for help before being subdued by "Dennis". Casey then experiences flashbacks of being molested by her uncle John (Brad William Henke), who became her legal guardian after her father's (Sebastian Arcelus) death.

Dr. Fletcher visits Kevin's house and realizes he is responsible for the kidnappings. She excuses herself to the bathroom and attempts to help the girls, but is caught, drugged and locked up by "Dennis", who then goes into a train car and becomes "the Beast", gaining superhuman speed, strength, durability and the ability to climb walls, directly analogous with several predators in the animal kingdom. Determining that the only way to awaken the real Kevin is to speak his full name, Dr. Fletcher writes it on a piece of paper before being attacked and crushed to death by "The Beast". Meanwhile, the girls separatedly try to escape from their cells.

"The Beast" devours Claire and Marcia, while Casey stumbles upon Dr. Fletcher's corpse and her instructions and briefly awakens Kevin by speaking his name. Horrified by his actions, Kevin directs Casey to where his shotgun is and orders her to kill him before his other personalities begin to take over him, switching from one to the other until "The Beast" returns and corners Casey. She shoots him to no avail, and "the Beast" then voices his plans to rid the world of the "untouched", those whose hearts are impure because they have never suffered in their lives.

"The Beast" prepares to devour Casey when he notices numerous scars on her chest and abdomen and rejoices in the fact that she is "pure". Believing that troubled people are exceptional, "the Beast" spares Casey and escapes, while Casey is rescued by one of Kevin's co-workers and learns she was being held underneath the local zoo, where Kevin works and lives, in the basement of the maintenance building. In another hideout, "Dennis", "Patricia" and "Hedwig" excert permanent control of Kevin's body and admire the power of "The Beast" and their plans to change the world.

In a diner, patrons listen to the media coverage of Kevin's crimes, for which he's been nicknamed "The Horde". One of the patrons notes the resemblance between Kevin and a wheelchair-bound serial killer arrested 15 years prior, asking for the man's name. David Dunn (Bruce Willis), who is in the vicinity, reminds that it was "Mr. Glass".

Cast

  • James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb, a sufferer of dissociative identity disorder (DID), who has 23 prominent personalities, each with something peculiar or dangerous for his captives. His deadly and violent 24th personality is the "Beast"; showing superhuman levels of strength, endurance, speed, and a voracious hunger for human flesh.[7] The personalities are collectively known as "The Horde" by two of the personalities, "Dennis" and "Patricia", along with the Philadelphia news.
  • Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, a young girl with a traumatic past and a history of self-harm, who is kidnapped by "Dennis", one of Kevin's personalities, to be sacrificed to the Beast. Izzie Coffey plays a 5-year-old Casey.
  • Betty Buckley as Dr. Karen Fletcher, a psychologist who attempts to help Kevin with his DID, and believes that DID can, in extreme cases, cause physiological changes.
  • Haley Lu Richardson as Claire Benoit, a classmate of Casey and a friend of Marcia, who is also kidnapped by "Dennis" to be sacrificed to the Beast.
  • Jessica Sula as Marcia, a classmate of Casey and a friend of Claire, who is also kidnapped by "Dennis" to be sacrificed to the Beast.
  • Brad William Henke as John, Casey's abusive uncle and legal guardian who molested her as a child.
  • Sebastian Arcelus as Mr. Cooke, Casey's father.
  • Neal Huff as Mr. Benoit, Claire's father.
  • Kim Director as Hannah
  • Lyne Renée as Academic Moderator
  • M. Night Shyamalan as Jai
  • Bruce Willis as the man in the diner.

Production

On August 26, 2015, it was announced that M. Night Shyamalan would next direct a thriller, based on the true story of Billy Milligan which would star Joaquin Phoenix in the lead role.[8] Shyamalan would also produce the film along with Jason Blum and Marc Bienstock.[8] On October 2, 2015, James McAvoy was cast in the film to play the lead, replacing Phoenix.[9] On October 12, 2015, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Jessica Sula, and Haley Lu Richardson were added to the cast.[10] On October 27, 2015, Universal Pictures came on board to release the film and titled it as Split.[11]

Shyamalan conceived of the idea for Split years before he actually wrote the screenplay. He explained, "In this case I had written the character a while ago, and I had written out a few scenes of it, so I even had dialogue written out, which is really unusual for me. It sat there for a long time, and I really don't have a clear reason why I didn't pull the trigger earlier. But this felt like the perfect time to do it, with the type of movies I'm doing now, and the type of tones I am interested in – humor and suspense."[12]

Principal photography on the film began on November 11, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[13][14] Reshoots occurred in June 2016.[15] During post-production, Sterling K. Brown's role as Dr. Fletcher's neighbor was cut from the film.[16]

Release

Split had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 20, 2016.[17] It also screened at the AFI Fest on November 15, 2016.[18][19] The film is scheduled to be released on January 20, 2017 in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.[20]

Box office

In North America, Split was released alongside xXx: Return of Xander Cage, The Founder, The Resurrection of Gavin Stone and the wide expansion of 20th Century Women, and was initially expected to gross $20–25 million from 3,038 theaters in its opening weekend.[21] The film made $2 million from its Thursday night previews at 2,295 theaters, doubling the $1 million made by Shyamalan's The Visit in 2015, and $14.6 million on its first day,[22] increasing weekend estimates to $30–37 million.[23]

Critical response

Split received generally positive reviews from critics, with McAvoy's performance being praised. On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 76% based on 136 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Split serves as a dramatic tour de force for James McAvoy in multiple roles – and finds writer-director M. Night Shyamalan returning resoundingly to thrilling form."[24] Metacritic reports an average score 64 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[25] On CinemaScore, audiences gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[26]

Jordan Hoffman of The Guardian gave the film four stars out of five, stating it to be a "masterful blend of Hitchcock, horror and therapy session."[27] Also writing for The Guardian, Steve Rose had strong praise for McAvoy's role saying that "he does a fine and fearless job of selling his character's varied personae." He commended his ability to switch personalities in one scene toward the end of the film, saying: "It's a little like the T-1000 at the end of Terminator 2. But there are no special effects here, just acting."[28]

Controversy

The film received some criticism for its stigmatization of mental illness and dissociative identity disorder.[29][30][31][28]

Possible sequel

Shyamalan expressed hope for a second installment following Split, saying, "I hope [a third Unbreakable film happens]. The answer is yes. I'm just such a wimp sometimes. I don't know what's going to happen when I go off in my room, a week after this film opens, to write the script. But I'm going to start writing. [I have] a really robust outline, which is pretty intricate. But now the standards for my outlines are higher. I need to know I've won already. I'm almost there but I'm not quite there."[32]

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