After making two films that went unnoticed – Praying With Anger and Wide Awake – M. Night Shyamalan saw his career explode with 1999’s The Sixth Sense. A critical and public success, the film became an almost instant classic and established the filmmaker’s style. The latter continues to box and very quickly sees himself nicknamed “The new SpielbergA flattering compliment, but too tiresome.
A vacation from hell
So much so that over time, M. Night Shyamalan lost his luster, with a series of unstable or just plain bad projects. 2015 is the year of revival. He teamed up with Jason Blum, the creator of Blumhouse, the temple of low-budget horror cinema.
He wrote and directed The Visit, a thriller about two children on vacation with their grandparents. As night falls, their strange behavior alerts Becca and Tyler, who try their best to warn their mother. The sequel, like any M. Night Shyamalan film, holds surprises.
They were completely shot Footage foundThis feature film features black humor and craziness that transforms grandparents, usually seen as comforting figures, into nightmarish menaces.
“The reality is much worse”
On AlloCiné, the film is not entirely unanimous and receives a rating of 3.1/5. But many viewers emphasize its genres – “The combination of laughter and fear is the winning bet of the film“, writes Hasan B. without forgetting the outcome of the story.We think that the discomfort is due to ownership, but the reality is much worse, I really liked the irony“, the user writes.The ending is very sustained and macabre, you must have a strong heart– adds Ted.
With The Visit, M. Night Shyamalan manages to reinvent himself by focusing more on simplicity. The director offers a modern reinterpretation White hat dad’Hansel and Gretel – the oven scene as a bonus – and delivers perhaps his most amazing film in a long time.
The Visit is available on Prime Video.
Source: Allocine
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