Split
Split is a 2016 American psychological thriller film written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Betty Buckley. The film follows a man with dissociative identity disorder who kidnaps and imprisons three teenage girls in an isolated underground facility. Principal photography began on November 11, 2015, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 26, 2016, and was released in the United States on January 20, 2017, by Universal Pictures. It received generally positive reviews; critics highly praised McAvoy's performance, and welcomed Shyamalan's direction. Some mental health advocates criticized the film for its stigmatization of mental illness. Split was a commercial success, grossing $278 million worldwide on a budget of $9 million, becoming Blumhouse Productions' highest-grossing film until 2023 when Five Nights at Freddy's overtook it. Split is a standalone sequel to Shyamalan's 2000 film Unbreakable although not marketed as such, instead saving the revelation for a scene featuring Bruce Willis reprising his Unbreakable role in an uncredited cameo. Commentators dubbed Split the first-ever "stealth sequel", and the first solo supervillain origin film. The 2019 film Glass, which combined the casts and characters of both previous films, concluded Shyamalan's Unbreakable trilogy.
They conceded, however, that you can be part of the mood disorder panel. It's not a mood disorder. Oh, I'm aware of your beliefs, Karen. Well, were they open this time with the new evidence? One of your arguments is a dog? You submitted video of a dog acting differently to one of your patients at different times? It is more dramatic than that. They are what they believe they are. The brain has learned to defend itself. You speak of them like they're supernaturally gifted.
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My name's Hedwig. I have red socks. He's on the move. What? He's... on... the... move. Who? Someone's coming for you and you're not gonna like it. You guys make noises in your sleep. Tell us. I'm not supposed to say. But he's done awful things to people and he'll do awful things to you. I have blue socks, too. We're his food? How old are you? Nine. So you're not the guy that took us? No. You're not the lady? What are you, blind? You don't know how they think? No, they don't tell me much. I just ate a hot dog.
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