There is an unnatural shimmer coming from the hills above. But after being dropped off at the sandy spot by a resort employee (Shyamalan himself, using his usual cameo appearance to really twist the authorial knife), things start to get freaky. Hoping to leave their marital and health problems behind for a day, Guy and Prisca quickly accept, along with a stuffy doctor (Rufus Sewell) and his young family, and a friendly childless couple (Ken Leung and Nikki Amuka-Bird). PHOBYMO/UNIVERSAL PICTURESĪfter checking into their resort, the family is offered a day trip to an off-the-map beach.
Old is a feverishly earnest look at mortality and responsibility with a great pull-back-the-curtain ending. But doing so risks ruining one of the great all-time oh-really-now? pull-back-the-curtain moments in cinematic (or Shyamalanic) history. From its rib-poking opening to its magnificently messy conclusion, Old is a feverishly earnest look at mortality, responsibility and, um, well … I wish that I could explain just what I think Shyamalan is getting at in his final 15 minutes. The movie, and I don’t think I’m over or underselling this, is pure chaos. Just when we thought it was safe to go back in the holiday waters, the filmmaker comes along with Old, an outre thriller that screams “stay at home.” But also, paradoxically, “carpe diem.” Opens July 23 in theatres across CanadaĬurse you, M.Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Vicky Krieps and Ken Leung.Night Shyamalan, based on the graphic novel by Frederik Peeters and Pierre Oscar Lévy
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