Meet Barry, Dennis and Patricia, three of the personalities James McAvoy (X-Men’s First Class, Days of the Future Past, and Age of Apocalypse) puts on display in M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological thriller Split (read our review), in theaters January 20th.
The first clip has a psychiatrist trying to figure out who she is talking with, while the second offers the kidnapped girls some reassurance. There’s two more clips that are probably a bit more interesting at this link.
The Witch‘s Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Jessica Sula and Haley Lu Richardson also star in Split, which Trace Thurman reviewed after its secret screening at this past September’s Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. He explains that, “Like many of [Shyamalan’s) films, it will no doubt split (sorry) audiences, but McAvoy’s performance alone earns the film a full recommendation. He is a marvel to behold.”
“While the mental divisions of those with dissociative identity disorder have long fascinated and eluded science, it is believed that some can also manifest unique physical attributes for each personality, a cognitive and physiological prism within a single being.
“Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch), Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him—as well as everyone around him—as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.”
