A 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.
Chuck says:
The curse of M. Night Shyamalan’s career is that his second film was an instant classic. Fair or not, all the filmmaker’s subsequent movies have been compared to The Sixth Sense a highwater mark he’ll likely never top. Still, that’s not to say his other films don’t have merit and his latest, Old poses a myriad of intriguing questions regarding how our society looks at aging and disease, while provided a satisfying twist.
Long story short, a group of vacationers find themselves on a secluded beach where they start aging at a frighteningly rapid rate. Kids who are six and eight years old in the morning are approaching middle age once evening rolls around. I’ll let you guess the horrors those who start the day in their 40’s and 50’s experience over the course of the day. The tail that wags the dog in all of Shyamalan’s films is the big reveal. Does the ending he has up his sleeve hold water? In this case it does, the conclusion prompting further thought over how far we’re willing to go to conquer aging and death and if we’re meant to do so.
3 Stars
Pam says:
To read Pam’s review as published in The Daily Journal, go to https://www.daily-journal.com/life/entertainment/reel-talk-shyamalans-old-is-a-psychological-roller-coaster/article_e97122f0-eafa-11eb-a571-f3bdf74b2fac.html
3 Stars
