Glass Review: 5 Ups & 5 Downs

Downs...

5. The Messy & Contrived Plot

Easily the biggest problem with this film is its script, for though Shyamalan is a filmmaker bursting with interesting ideas, he rarely manages to parlay them into a fully coherent whole.

From a contrived opening sequence which sets the rest of the movie in motion, you really have to just roll with Shyamalan's general reliance on coincidences and characters wilfully holding the idiot ball for the sake of the plot.

Though there are some meaningful additions to Unbreakable's mythology, the film does a pretty clumsy job following up Split, fundamentally re-shaping the dynamic between Kevin (James McAvoy) and Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy) to miscalculated and arguably even problematic ends.

It's clear that Shyamalan had a million different ideas swirling around in his brain for Glass, yet the overall feeling is that he just grasped a few at random and threw them in a blender.

The end result is a thoroughly sloppy film that frequently invites the viewer to question its already slippery internal logic.