Old

Name: Old
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: July 23, 2021
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Aaron Pierre, Abbey Lee, Alex Wolff, Eliza Scanlen, Embeth Davidtz

2021

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 23, 2021 | PG-13

Starring: Aaron Pierre, Abbey Lee, Alex Wolff, Eliza Scanlen, Embeth Davidtz, Gael García Bernal, Ken Leung, Nikki Amuka Bird, Rufus Sewell, Thomasin McKenzie, Vicky Krieps

Summary: A family on a tropical holiday 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.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 108 min

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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jul 22, 2021

The 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. Read full review

Richard Brody

Jul 23, 2021

With 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. Read full review

K. Austin Collins

Jul 26, 2021

Old isn’t trying to be fashionable, low-fi, artisanal horror of the kind that seems to be setting the tone for the genre in the indie world. This is, instead, a credibly old-fashioned movie in some ways, a creature feature with something more diffuse than a “creature,” per se, a monster movie in which the monster is an unlucky pairing of longitude and latitude. Read full review

Mae Abdulbaki

Jul 22, 2021

While Old is certainly a different kind of thriller, with plenty of elements that work to create a sense of tranquility and desperation in equal measure, it grows wearisome as it evades its deeper themes for the thrill of that final discovery. Read full review

Jocelyn Noveck

Jul 22, 2021

Of course, it all comes down to a Shyamalan-style final twist — the most entertaining part of the film, but it comes way, way too late. Listen, we’re all up for some summer fun on the beach. But by the time we’re allowed in on the secret here, we’re feeling a bit tired. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Jul 22, 2021

Old, like most Shyamalan movies, has a catchy hook along with some elegant filmmaking gambits. But instead of developing his premise in an insidious and powerful way, the writer-director just keeps throwing a lot of things at you. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Jul 22, 2021

To be fair, at least Old captures the sense of time passing past too fast: Rarely have I felt more like my life was slipping away in the cinema. Read full review

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hkdestiny

Jul 23, 2021

Once again, M. Night delivers something that it is worth thinking about long after the credits roll. I think it’s one of his more interesting films, particularly the end twist. Overall, I enjoyed it quite a bit.

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thedaarkbatty

Jul 25, 2021

M Night Shyamalan is a fantastic director. I do not understand why everybody hates him so much. Even his worst movie is still better than most other directors best movies including Spielberg. Old is no exception.

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BulgarianCritic

Jul 24, 2021

Holy baby Jesus and a can of beans this movie was actually really good.M.Night Shamababam did it again and showed us a pretty interesting concept made into a movie. I would've enjoyed it more if there was more backstory in regards to the characters that participated and I kinda disliked theHoly baby Jesus and a can of beans this movie was actually really good.M.Night Shamababam did it again and showed us a pretty interesting concept made into a movie. I would've enjoyed it more if there was more backstory in regards to the characters that participated and I kinda disliked the fact that some of them were killed pretty fast and actually kinda stupidly. The acting was pretty great for the most part especially the kids actors.The effects were also pretty good and I wanna give a huge thumbs up for the makeup artists which probably did the biggest job of everyone in the movie since there were constant subtle changes in the characters in every scene. Ending was pretty great kinda reminded me of an entire SCP foundation story which is a big bonus for me since I love that ****… Expand

1 of 5 users found this helpful14

tropicAces

Jul 23, 2021

Some good twists and bits of horror, but the writing is just so bad. One of his more interesting twists, though.

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Ivanx666

Jul 25, 2021

Жуткая душнина, одно желание что бы скорее кончился, вся интрига раскрыта в трейлерах

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moviecritic68

Jul 28, 2021

Well back to back stinkers ... Pig then Old. We are so desperate to get back to theater watching that we tend to jump at the 1st chance to go see new releases. This comes close to having the most amateurish acting of any film I've watched. A total bomb ... couldn't wait for it to end.

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docpal

Aug 2, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Definitely, this script was written by a sexually frustrated junkie with a dumb brain; an actual film experiment went wrong! Well, these definitive vocabularies will describe the film: pathetic, dismal, dreary, heartbreaking, heartrending, melancholy, mournful, sad, saddening, sorry, tearful, asinine, balmy, brainless, bubbleheaded, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, fatuous, feather-headed, fool, foolish, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, inept, insane, jerky, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, lunkheaded, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, senseless, silly, simpleminded, stupid, tomfool, unwise, wacky (also whacky), weak-minded, witless, zany and depressing! An absolute bad example of si-fi and creativity and was definitely written by a sexually frustrated junkie with a dumb brain. The worst depiction follows a cheating wife talking like a three-year-old, a kid who impregnates another kid, a kid asking her mom to change her bra because her breast doesn't fit in. The most horrible part was a cardiothoracic surgeon who doesn't know anything about medicine, so it seemed! Yes, it was a si-fi movie but for instance an example like Angelman syndrome could led a person have Intellectual disability forever and now in this film you depicted a 5 year old developing the brain and understating the full functionality of the human body? Growing one's hunger for sex and blah blah blah, are you kidding me? It could have been described better with unique creativity. And with all this, was this film rated PG-13? What! I couldn't understand why was your camera shaking while filming the movie, was it because to add some special effects? Didn't work though! This is what happens when people don't use their brains anymore! It could have been an epic with the concept, but alas, this experiment was unsuccessful! Don't watch this crap will just frustrate you even further!… Expand

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