Old 2021
- Director: M Night Shyamalan
- Seen by this director: Glass, Split, After Earth, The Happening, The Village, Unbreakable, The Sixth Sense, Wide Awake
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ken Leung, Eliza Scanlen, Aaron Pierre, Embeth Davidtz, Emun Elliott, Gustaf Hammarsten
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Gael Garcia Bernal – Babel
- Rufus Sewell – Judy, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, The Tourist, Pillars of the Earth, Holiday, Amazing Grace, Paris je t’aime, The Taming of the Shrew Re-Told, A Knight’s Tale, Dark City, Hamlet, Middlemarch
- Alex Wolff – Hereditary
- Thomasin McKenzie – Last Night in Soho, Jojo Rabbit, The Hobbit
- Abbey Lee – The Dark Tower, Mad Max Fury Road
- Nikki Amuka-Bird – The Personal History of David Copperfield, Doctor Who, Jupiter Ascending, Luther, Coriolanus, Small Island
- Ken Leung – Star Wars the Force Awakens, Lost, X-Men the Last Stand
- Eliza Scanlan - Little Women
- Embeth Davidtz - Mad Men, Junebug, Shackleton, Schindler’s List
- Emun Elliott – Trust, Star Wars the Force Awakens, Filth, Prometheus, Game of Thrones
- Gustaf Hammarsten – Stockholm, Cleo, Tillsammans
- Why? Shyamalan
- Seen: 23 October 2023
A group of tourists at a luxurious tropical resort are brought to a beautiful and isolated beach and left for the day.
It’s not the paradise they had expected.
A dead body floats ashore. An old woman dies. The children suddenly age about
five years. Nobody can leave. There’s no mobile service. The children age another
five years. And so on.
Time, to coin (i.e. steal) a phrase, is
clearly out of joint.
Shyamalan’s films are often dark and
gloomy and spooky. This one is bright and sunny and spooky.
For some reason, many reviewers on IMDb
hate this film. I like it. It’s existential. Aging. Fear. Illness. Madness. All
in Paradise. Symbolic, wouldn’t you say?
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