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Old (2021)  
Review
As with a handful of M. Night
Shyamalan's later films, Old has a puerile quality running through it.
But then again, it's always been his childlike inquisitiveness which has made
his films and deliberations so captivating at best and still fascinating
when the end product hasn't really worked. Old is one of those films
in the latter category. Based on an intriguing (albeit borderline trite)
concept, Shyamalan takes us on a sociological study when a group of
tourists find themselves stuck on a mysterious beach after having
travelled to an exotic resort which almost seems too good to be
true. Sometimes the film's observations are valid and thought-provoking,
other times they are on a middle school essay level, helped there by some
uneven acting. But the film keeps you interested by the promise of a
denouement, which when it comes is overexplanatory but holds up. Old
gives Shyamalan fans what they came for. More critical viewers may have
some objections.
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