Glass Reviews: 12 Early Reactions You Need To See

6. The Character Development Is Weak

"While his characters are meant to evoke classic superhero archetypes, their extreme lack of depth or development only calls attention to how far the form has come thanks to movies like “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” After 128 minutes, the only interesting question about Mr. Glass is this: If he’s been sedated in a psych ward for 19 years, then who made his sweet monogrammed “MG” cravat?" - IndieWire

"Not unlike Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, it sacrifices character interaction for the sake of setting up “here’s what it was all about” reveals that don’t justify the wasted time and betray a misconception about why the previous films worked in the first place." - Forbes

"Glass, for all its supposed insights into this genre and what it means, has very little to say about superheroes, and certainly nothing that couldn’t be gleaned from a casual scan of a TV Tropes page." - Screen Crush

With three colourful superhumans at the forefront of Glass, Shyamalan certainly had a ripe opportunity to delve deep into their psyches and deliver the same rich character development that made Unbreakable such a hit.

Unfortunately it sounds like Shyamalan's script instead plays with a rather broad list of comic book movie tropes while not delivering the sufficient subversion which might make them feel fresh.

Considering the acting talent the filmmaker has assembled for this trilogy-capper, it's colossally disappointing that the central trio are more thin sketches than fully fleshed-out characters in their own right.