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The Visit

Play trailer 2:30 Poster for The Visit PG-13 Released Sep 11, 2015 1h 34m Comedy Mystery & Thriller Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and younger brother Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) say goodbye to their mother as they board a train and head deep into Pennsylvania farm country to meet their maternal grandparents for the first time. Welcomed by Nana (Deanna Dunagan) and Pop Pop (Peter McRobbie), all seems well until the siblings start to notice increasingly strange behavior from the seemingly charming couple. Once the children discover a shocking secret, they begin to wonder if they'll ever make it home.
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The Visit provides horror fans with a satisfying blend of thrills and laughs -- and also signals a welcome return to form for writer-director M. Night Shyamalan.

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Max Weiss Baltimore Magazine Here, [Shyamalan] loosened up, shed some of his ego, and reminded all of us what a gifted writer and director he truly is. Rated: 3/4 Jun 12, 2016 Full Review Jason Bailey Flavorwire M. Night Shyamalan made another good movie, and I'm as surprised as you are. May 3, 2016 Full Review Alison Willmore BuzzFeed News The Visit is a pleasant surprise. Nov 10, 2015 Full Review Paul Lê Bloody Disgusting The Visit is a return to form for Shyamalan. Rated: 3/5 Jul 23, 2023 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies While Shyamalan doesn’t reinvent the wheel with “The Visit”, he does show the creative flourishes that made him a respected name and overnight success in the horror-thriller genre. Rated: 4/5 Aug 21, 2022 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review It’s all a very transparent metaphor for family reconciliation and what happens when your old wounds don’t heal. Rated: 2/4 May 27, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Dave S Estranged from her parents for years, Mom (Kathryn Hahn) ships her two children (Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould) off to get acquainted with their grandparents in their remote country home. Before you can say ‘sundowning syndrome’, things begin to spiral wildly out of control. When all is said and done, what transpires doesn’t always make a whole lot of sense, but that’s a forgivable sin considering how much fun it all is. M. Night Shyamalan manages to resurrect his sagging career with a movie that is filled with a handful of decent jump scares, an atmosphere dripping with malice, more than its fair share of uncomfortable laughs, and a clever twist. Despite periodically throwing logic out the window, The Visit is wildly entertaining viewing from start to finish. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/02/24 Full Review Daniel B Los Falsos Documentales en el género del terror cuando se hacen bien logran ser realmente estresantes. Entiendo porque a muchos no les gusta el trabajo de M. NIght Shyamalan; pero hay que reconocerle que en cada película cambia totalmente su estilo y su enfoque para pertúrbanos de una forma inesperada y totalmente diferente. El modo tan sutil de ir introduciendo el terror es muy bueno, en cada escena la película logra ponernos más y más incomodos para culminar en el punto climático con un giro de tuerca brillantemente retorcido, es una de esas películas que en una segunda revisitada podemos ver pequeños detalles gracias a que ya conocemos el contexto. Obvio el objetivo de esta película es tener una puesta en escena amateur e improvisada, pero a pesar de ello la dirección es muy ingeniosa para justificar que los protagonistas estén grabando en todo momento, y el cómo a través de su POV retratan su incomodidad y su malestar logra ser contagioso con el espectador. Hay que mencionar la brillante interpretación de Deanna Dunagan y Peter McRobbie cómo los “padres” de Loretta, el cómo nos pueden causar terror al mismo tiempo que lastima es brillante; al igual que en cada película de M. Night Shyamalan a pesar de agarrar a un cast de actores poco conocidos dan un trabajo fantástico. Pero al igual que en cada película de este director la primicia es fantástica, pero el desarrollo se siente vacío, no hay cómo tal escenas que se sientan innecesarias o que entorpezcan la historia, pero fuera del conflicto principal no hay un subtexto que sea muy interesante, la película cuenta con un gran incidente incitador pero con una historia que no busca explorar mucho más de lo que expone. Esta película es una gran opción para ver en la noche, es de esas cintas que en toda su duración te hacen sentir que hay alguien atrás de ti. En lo personal amo las temáticas en este género que arrancan con los protagonistas tomando una acción de lo más cotidiana y que a medida que la trama avanza se va corrompiendo más y más ese sentimiento de tranquilidad. Una cinta que habla del cómo la ira nos puede llegar a controlar y cuando vemos las consecuencias que la misma causó ya es muy tarde. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/28/24 Full Review Brad M Just ok. The 2 kids were annoying, however the grandma was creepy as hell. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/17/24 Full Review Soleil R *SPOILER* I just wish the kids didn’t have to kill the grandparents. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/14/24 Full Review Sams K One of the worst movie I've ever seen!!! If you're scared by this you haven't seen anything really scary in your life. I really want to express my disappointment, I sincerely do not understand how someone can feel scared by this crap, is absolutely awful film, everything's really bad with this!!! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/11/24 Full Review Ayres R The movie is great at making you feel like you're living it. There is an unexpected twist. My dad and I both thought this was a fantastic movie if you're looking for a terror. Better than we expected! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/19/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and younger brother Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) say goodbye to their mother as they board a train and head deep into Pennsylvania farm country to meet their maternal grandparents for the first time. Welcomed by Nana (Deanna Dunagan) and Pop Pop (Peter McRobbie), all seems well until the siblings start to notice increasingly strange behavior from the seemingly charming couple. Once the children discover a shocking secret, they begin to wonder if they'll ever make it home.
Director
M. Night Shyamalan
Producer
M. Night Shyamalan, Jason Blum, Marc Bienstock
Screenwriter
M. Night Shyamalan
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Blinding Edge Pictures, Blumhouse
Rating
PG-13 (Some Nudity|Brief Language|Terror|Thematic Material|Violence)
Genre
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 11, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$65.1M
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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