James McAvoy is Kevin, a man struggling with the diagnosis of DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) that has identified 23 distinct personalities. The personalities vary in age, gender, health issues, OCD, even sexual orientation, but most importantly some are very violent and dangerous. McAvoy shines through transformation. There's no bleed through of one personality into another, his portrayal is that strong. Kevin's Dr. Fletcher is played by
Betty Buckley (remember her from
Eight is Enough😀). Their relationship is co-dependent. While he needs her to help survive the throng in his head, she needs him to justify her life's work. For someone as invested in Kevin as she claims to be, she was quite easily manipulated which really bothered me. I also kept waiting for the doctor to get off her butt and just do something beyond scheduling appointments; it's almost as if she refused to see what she knew she had denied possible. The three teenage girls are portrayed by
Haley Lu Richardson,
Jessica Sula, and
Anya Taylor-Joy. Casey (Anya) is the outcast who was basically in the wrong place at the wrong time, and her relationship with Claire (Haley) and Marcia (Jessica) remains estranged despite their circumstances. (RED Flag people~ a bit predictable) Through Flashbacks we see that Casey's turbulent childhood is responsible for the social outcast she's chosen to be.
The movie will definitely keep you on your toes. I highly recommend using the
RunPee app for bathroom breaks as I saw someone leave and miss a really crucial scene (I swear by that app and use it for every movie possible,
here's my review ). I would recommend seeing this in the theater. Throughout the move you get this feeling that the walls are slowing closing in, a sort of claustrophobia. The girls are in this dungeon, these catacombs are Kevin's home and you can feel that they're not enough to contain him anymore. Watching on your couch will lessen that element and I think take away from the film a bit.
I'm going to break here. My grade overall is 3.5/5 Crowns.
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Don't forget below my signature is the rest of my review of Split WITH Spoilers
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