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Movie Review: Old

This was more horror than I was originally expecting. To be fair I only knew the bare minimum of the plot.

It’s a freaky premise, where a beach causes rapid aging to all that stay there. Visitors are trapped though and the rapid aging is fatal.

It does create an interesting human question: how would one react to getting old in a blink of an eye. the kids going from 6 to teenagers, a baby being born, illness is worse.

I found it choppy and disconcerting, which I think was the point. As a viewer I wanted people to be better. Out of less than 10 people there was an asshole who was just terrible. And perhaps that was due to his mental illness, but still, 10 people one of which was acting like a terrible person. I always just want better from humanity.

Like most Shyamalan movies there was a twisting in the ending, and this time it tied things up in a bow. You find out who was behind the groups of people being sent to the beach, why they are doing it.

It doesn’t explain the island/beach though, but how to explain a natural phenomenon? Overall, the movie was ok. I didn’t love it or hate it, it was just ok. I do think I was hoping for more.