This summer, visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan unveils a chilling, mysterious new thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly - reducing their entire lives into a single day.... (Full plot summary below)
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This summer, visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan unveils a chilling, mysterious new thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly - reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Leave your thoughts about Old.
| The GuardianPeter BradshawThe elements of silliness and deadly seriousness are nicely balanced and although I wasn’t absolutely sure about the ending, which has maybe too neat a bow tied on it, this is just very enjoyable and I was on the edge of my seat, not knowing whether to flinch or laugh, though I did both. |
| The AtlanticDavid SimsThe central conceit of Old has so much juice, and Shyamalan gets to explore so many fun—if sadistic—avenues over the course of one very long day. It’s his most ambitious work in years, wrapped in the delightful, tawdry packaging of a pulpy thriller. |
| Vanity FairJordan HoffmanShyamalan teases out new information in just the right doses, remembering all the while that this is, at its core, a B-picture. It isn’t gory, but it’s gross, and the camera knows just how much to show to keep us dialed in. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOld is, at times, clumsy and obvious, but it’s different and weird, and it taps into something essential. It might be a distant second to The Sixth Sense, but it’s the second-best movie Shyamalan has made. |
| We Got This CoveredMartin CarrPut simply, Old distils the human life cycle down into one unique cinematic experience. One that will cause arguments, promote debates and lead to further discussions. Something which confirms M. Night Shyamalan remains a force to be reckoned with. |
| The Film StageGabrielle MarceauDespite the unrelenting terrors and tragedies, both embodied and existential, Old is a very fun, almost breezy experience. |
| CineVueTom DugginsWith Old, Shyamalan appears to have embraced a devil-may-care attitude fitting for a filmmaker known to astound and dismay audiences in equal measure. Whisper it quietly, but it may be his best work in over a decade. |
| The New YorkerRichard BrodyWith Old, facing the constraints of filming during the pandemic—on a project that he’d nonetheless planned before it—Shyamalan has created a splendid throwback of a science-fiction thriller that develops a simple idea with stark vigor and conveys the straight-faced glee of realizing the straightforward logic of its enticing absurdity. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenOld is vintage M. Night: a high concept brought ever higher by a filmmaker apparently incapable of second-guessing himself. |
| New York PostJohnny OleksinskiM. Night Shyamalan’s new thriller, Old, is campy, poorly written, candy-colored and subtle as Eurovision. |
