Why M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Trap’ Just Ignored Critics

[@honestcomments8053]

Love Mr. Shyamalan! I am a big fan. If his one movie fails...he has next three success...the man is an artist who takes risks....he is not a god...I hope people would stop being so hard on this man.

[@mazeguy2233]

Agreed I have much respect for him 😎

[@lordofthereels6790]

What if Hartnett and the daughter are false leads and the singer is the killer?

[@edvaira6891]

Yeah, that’s EXACTLY what I thought it was!!

[@Str52849]

it's a best possible twist)

[@mgariepy42]

There was no screening for the critics first. I looooove that.

[@watamatafoyu]

That usually means it's a polished turd.

[@TheLike_Button]

3 plot twists 1: his daughter is actually dead. he wears her friendship bracelet, which is the same color as her clothes. 2: he is not the butcher. the butcher killed his daughter after they abducted her from a concert. 3: he is hunting the butcher down before the cops get to them. the guy thats imprisoned knows who it was

[@atharhussain4088]

Saw it yesterday....really good. Nice Hitchcock style thriller....Hartnett is AWESOME!

[@Tomy_Yon]

Hartnett aged good. 😊

[@PapaLaw426]

Thank you, Oppenheimer, for showing us that Hartnett is still a good actor

[@sourpatchkid394]

I’m so happy for him. Having a comeback and yes he’s still so handsome

[@NoSuRReNDeR001]

well he aged well- agreed

[@nathandrake9129]

He’s a smoker as well, they usually age like milk

[@ohman4]

You guys are too young to get the obvious connection with Hayley Mills and The Parent TRAP. With Shyamalan, "there are no coincidences" and this is very intentional - he's a twin, just like in Mills movie.

[@andrewevans158]

I've always been a HUGE fan of Josh Harnett The Faculty, Bunraku, 40 Days 40 Nights, Black Hawk Down, 30 days of Night. He's severely underrated

[@mgariepy42]

Bunraku! So wonderfully bizzaro and he and Harrelson, Perlman eat it up! 😊 That is my 2nd favorite performance after O.

[@beardalyankovic]

Trap seems like a Thriller to me, not a horror.

[@Str52849]

It's definetly a thriller with PG-13

[@eight2oneiwin]

Josh Hartnett is actually the kid from sixth sense and his daughter is actually dead. He is searching for the butcher as well.

[@KadeemG61]

isn’t that kid was Haley Joel Osment?

[@karlmarshall4482]

😂

[@Thwze]

Didn’t know people where so negative about M Night he has some great films, couple bad ones like every director but majority of them are great watches

[@mgariepy42]

Most of the people in this thread haven’t been watching any of the interviews! There is no twist! It’s a straight up suspenseful thriller. Thank god.

[@Horrorheadaz]

With the name The Butcher in the film I bet the movie is connected to the unbreakable universe

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

I always look forward to M. Knight's films.❤👍🏼💋

[@dustinfreund5196]

The Visit scared the absolute shit out of me.

[@honestcomments8053]

I love this movie!

[@djmattblack]

That was a really underrated movie

[@PhantomOfManyTopics]

Saw it in Asia, BEST MOVIE OF 2024 SO FAR

[@davionelliot]

M Night gets a lot of bad rep in the world of movies, but I’m optimistic about this movie.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

Loved Hartnett in "PENNY DREADFUL" HE'S SO MUCH BETTER NOW AS HE'S AGED.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@mgariepy42]

M Knight says this is a straight up thriller. No twist. I’m so glad! Been waiting for him to do this. And he got Josh Hartnett to lead! Coup! 😊

[@thisjustincomics]

Awful timing putting this next week after Deadpool Wolverine.

[@sowhenthen]

I'm absolutely and completely sick of marvel movies.

[@rodneythompson8861]

@@sowhenthenwho cares… just don’t watch

[@OGFacelessKing]

Definitely not the same audience

[@Str52849]

So the choice is between brainless but fun Marvel movie for fans or original film with a mix of humour and suspense...no question about)

[@Str52849]

@@sowhenthen they just need put a smallest bit of intelligence...but they can't)

[@avancons1]

The twist is there's another serial killer they have the trap for

[@dtanobo]

Just watched the movie. Nothing crazy but pretty good! Don't watch it for twists. There really isn't one. It's mostly self explanatory. It's a good time

[@mackenzieh1713]

My guess is the twist will be that the trap was set by Hartnett for the cops and he leaked his own location. Otherwise how could they have a tip on his location without anyone having a clue who he is.

[@nickvtguitar546]

The stadium is sentient and is the killer. Hartnet is the victim 😮

[@patrick-aka-patski]

Good twist would be that Hartnett just plays kind of a profiler that is very into his task of getting the butcher, while a bad twist would be that everything is staged or makes no sense like in The Happening.

[@davidisrael8537]

I'm very looking forward to this film! I googled critic review into Google and got results saying positive reviews so I'm slightly confused where that came from if no critic showings?

[@davidmatheny1993]

M.Night took the absolutely wrong message from the success of The Sixth Sense. Instead of everything else that made it work, he made it to where the first thing anyone thinks about is "What bad/predictable twist will happen?"

[@mgariepy42]

And looooove that there’s no twist here. A good cat and mouse thriller! Josh Hartnett doesn’t take on roles that don’t challenge him!

[@Windgoddess540]

Loglegs was such a big let down. No decent original horror movie has come out in about a decade. Also, I really hate how twists are just given out in trailers. I would much prefer the trailer gives a premise, but didn’t give away the twist, especially when you don’t know the story. At this point, it’s purely sensationalism.

[@Sharpe1502]

Have you seen any of the following? I disagree that there hasn’t been a good horror movie in a decade: • Train to Busan • The Menu • Wolf of Snow Hollow • The Invisible Man • Ready or Not • The Babadook • Fresh • Resurrection

[@PookieMaliboo]

its his daughter, the twist is obvious

[@soullessmin]

Too obvious

[@decoren45]

I was thinking the same thing

[@DMBLaan]

Beat me to it. Yeah I'm placing my bet that his daughter is the real killer, the dad knows it and is just covering for her

[@xandercrews4729]

I think the twist is the guy he captured is the serial killer and he’s getting revenge on the guy who killed his wife

[@munger2k]

In the initial trailer that is literally given away so either it's a classic tale of the trailer giving away the whole plot, or the trailer is lying to us to preserve the actual twist. I'm inclined to agree with you

[@KiddSolo30]

I'm telling ya it's another backdoor unbreakable/split sequel

[@moriconvallaria1279]

The Lady in the Water is an excellent, tragically misunderstood and underappreciated film.

[@davidprice2880]

M. Is know for twist in every film So Warner Brothers are protecting the twist to have the movie make as more money as possible. Twist is his trademark in every movie every time. Why spoil it?

[@rociorocha2789]

What about the movie Signs? I recommend you see that. I felt it was a great movie. It really touches you in a solemn way despite the horror content. M Night should be appreciated for his unique approach to movies. He is one of the greatest

[@alucard2010]

It's not a twist, it's a plot device. And this isn't the first time m. night hasn't screened his movies for critics

[@Haematite]

As it is shamàham we expect a rug pull. I'd say the avoiding of critics is because they will spoil it. Personally my bet is the kid is the butcher and Daddy is just protecting the daughter or unseen wife. It's also a vehicle flick to promote shamalan's daughter who's playing the concert singer.

[@Americanlorebooks]

Critics are biased. They probably don't want the audience experience to be ruined by bad reviews that are skewed.

[@douglasauclair3086]

(un)Breakable. That was the whole point that Mr. Glass was UNbreakable. *sigh*

[@CurtisDofMontana]

The twist was getting suckered into watching a horrible concert by his real life daughter😂😂😂 Napo movie.. M Night shyamalan's daughter is as bad as an actor as Will Smith's kid

[@richardsylvester4518]

Shaymalan is a hack. He does not deserve the trust or notoriety he seems to get.

[@MC-by2ez]

Absolutely, riding the success of The Sixth Sense for f@&king decades.

[@ChaosUnfold]

You forgot about iDevil.

[@batgurrl]

This poor deluded man cannot eccept the fact that he will NEVER reach the heights of The Sixth Sense

[@deadpool8340]

The Killer is a ghost all along !!! So obvious

[@Nivi1238]

It’s the guy in the shop who is the actual killer

[@ExiILe00]

It was the sled.

[@benwierchowski3496]

rosebud

[@jtb357]

From The Netherlands, had very high expectations. It didn't live up to that I am afraid but it was entertaining.

[@LazyEyeNZ]

Im with Andrew im a big fan of Josh Hartnett and hes the main reason im going to see this movie.

[@djmattblack]

I bet the twist isnt as good as in Lucky Number Slevin

[@johnsimmons831]

The 'Trap' trailer is a trap. I saw this last night and it's pure garbage. Essentially, it's a vehicle for M Night's daughter's music career. The plot relies on a whole lot of contrivance and the less-than-thrilling twists make no sense at all.

[@thebasicviewer9690]

The twist is probably the singer is the killer

[@apocalypticambience]

I feel like Night could have used his daughter's music but used a different actor to do the concert. It just makes it appear as a promotional event for his daughter. Just a little. And I heard her acting wasn't great.

[@andrewdouglas5089]

How on earth can a Twist be at the start of a film?! (Unless it's a Short...)

[@Statuskuo75]

Imagine being a dude loving your daughter so much you make a movie that spotlights her music then has her act in it while doing the soundtrack to the movie about a man who loves his daughter that much. I saw the flick...it's meh

[@ChrisM-yq2pq]

I think the girl is taking him hostage so he can play the dad and take her to the concert and the guy in the video is his bf trapped

[@joeldfisher]

what if the trailer is a complete misdirect and it IS the film that we think it is on the surface?

[@watamatafoyu]

The feds lining up outside a stadium to catch a serial killer is cartoonosh. That's about the last way to catch a criminal. This movie has cringe written all ovee it.

[@andrewdouglas5089]

the Keystone fed's?!

[@PartyChris]

F*** the critics anyway…I follow audience scores

[@jakey7813]

Nobody see this movie there is 0 horror in it and it’s slow and boring. On top that rhe plot make 0 sense. Save your money folks

[@finndaddy]

Does the average Joe Bloggs on the street really care what critics think? I personally don't. I like what I like, whether it's a "critical flop" or not.

[@keiyangoshin3650]

I actually thought the plot twist was well done. Not That obvious imo. 🤔 But it doesn’t mean that’s enough to make it a good or bad movie.

[@BlackHammer0891]

MNights a hack

[@BOMBheadDOM]

It looks pretty shite tbh...as with the rest of shalmdfhdhhej's career for the past 20 years

[@wayneturner8575]

I just watched this. Mixed bag Night rides again. Parts of it were clever, but much of it is idiotic.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

Screw Critics😵😵😵😵😵

[@Cheng-jq6fc]

is he PROMOTING his daughter's music career in the film?! NEPOTISM @its best😮 *Saleka/Lady Raven* never heard of her until now..

[@christophermerlot3366]

Has Shyamalan ever danced the Twist or played Twister? Until then he has no credibility with twists in my book.

[@frankgeurts3912]

No twist,a bit boring

[@jameswelch7403]

STILL LOOKS LIKE A DECENT MOVIE THE CRITIC'S DONT LIKE IT IT MEANS ITS GOOD PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH GAY PEOPLE IN IT THAT'S WHY THE SO CALLED CRITIC'S DON'T LIKE IT

[@brbaic9364]

Good lord you are goddamn idiotic

[@jesseross639]

Wow, a movie critic who has barely seen any movies

[@cloudcity4194]

He said, "on front street" and "from the jump". Those are Boomer Black American phrases. Have those phrases become mainstream, now? Just in the UK?

[@zombiexslayer614]

No M night Shyamalan just doesn’t wanna rely on woke critics to guide his movie. He wants to rely on people.

[@rodneythompson8861]

That doesn’t make any sense what you just wrote.

[@zombiexslayer614]

@@rodneythompson8861 yeah it does. The Director does not want critics ruining the perception of his movie before it comes out. and with the way most critics are today a.k.a. woke that tends to happen

[@rodneythompson8861]

@@zombiexslayer614 No one look at this a woke you dummy. It because his track record of his films suck. Don't even know what woke is. Idiot.

[@rodneythompson8861]

@@zombiexslayer614 you are slow…

[@zombiexslayer614]

@@rodneythompson8861 no are you a rude dumbass apparently

[@truelies9187]

He murders his daughter to look like a victim and escape ?