Glass Review: 5 Ups & 5 Downs

3. The Sluggish Second Act

The middle-act of Glass is set almost entirely within the penitentiary where Kevin, David and Elijah (Samuel L. Jackson) are being held, and though it does prove intermittently entertaining, it's also poorly paced and just a bit redundant.

Much of this portion of the film revolves around Dr. Staple (Sarah Paulson) deliberating with the three men about the nature of their "delusions", except because the audience knows that these three men truly are super-powered, it ends up ringing totally hollow dramatically.

A few minutes devoted to this would've been fine, but scene after scene digs into it, in turn bloating the runtime out to an unnecessary 129 minutes.

The elongated second act also feels like an attempt to keep the budget low, confining the three actors to a single location and rarely featuring them together.

Willis in particular suffers in this portion of the film, perhaps because Shyamalan's $20 million budget would only stretch so far.