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The Visit

The Visit (AKA Sundowning)

2015

M. Night Shyamalan

Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie ...

5.9

28,557

Horror. Mystery Hahn plays a single mother whose two young children visit their grandparents… and things go very wrong. Oxenbould plays her son, who is protective of his sister. Doing some research, “sundowning” is described as a psychological phenomenon associated with increased confusion and restlessness in patients with some form of dementia. Symptoms also include agitation and mood swings.

	Author	Review
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"An amusingly grim fairy tale (...) The story, a “Hansel and Gretel” redo for Generation Selfie, has the virtue of simplicity"	POS
United States	Clark Collis Entertainment Weekly	"This is the first Shyamalan movie in a long time that viewers may be tempted to re-visit just to see how he pulls off his magic trick"	POS
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"It’s a dopey, only mildly chilling, uneasy mix of horror and dark comedy, scoring few points in either category."	NEG
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"A horror-thriller that turns soiled adult diapers into a motif (...) The result is almost always mechanical rather than exciting or funny"	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Cheap thrills can still be a blast. Not enough to make up for Shyamalan's awful "After Earth," but it's a start (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Huddleston Time Out	"Shyamalan proves he hasn’t lost his knack for a short, sharp shock (...) [The result is] horrifying when it’s trying to be funny, oddly appealing when it turns the screws (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Geoff Berkshire Variety	"The frustrating result winds up on the less haunting end of Shyamalan’s filmography, far south of 'The Sixth Sense,' 'Signs' and 'The Village,' and not even as unsettling as the most effective moments in the hokey 'The Happening.'"	NEG
United States	Scott Mendelson Forbes	"A Glorious Return To Form. (...) Shyamalan roars back to life with this deliciously creepy and funny little triumph."	POS
United States	Alan Scherstuhl Village Voice	"The best studio horror flick in recent years (...) with the crack scripting and meta-cinematic surprises of Shyamalan's best early films"	POS
United States	James Rocchi The Wrap	"Startling but never terrifying, "The Visit" may make a little money, but it does not mark a return to long-lost greatness for Shyamalan. It's more of the same"	NEU
United States	Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle	"After a string of increasingly mediocre movies nearly put an end to his career, M. Night Shyamalan (...) finally gets his groove (mostly) back. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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