THE VISIT

Posted 9/17/15

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(Boring horror film)

M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Sixth Sense” was one great movie, with one of the best twists ever written. Unfortunately, he has become a one-hit wonder, never able to …

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THE VISIT

Posted

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(Boring horror film)

M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Sixth Sense” was one great movie, with one of the best twists ever written. Unfortunately, he has become a one-hit wonder, never able to even come close to that classic.

“The Visit” has an interesting premise: A divorced mom goes off on a week-long cruise with a new boyfriend, sending her two kids off to spend a week with their grandparents, whom they have never met.

Fifteen-year-old Becca is an aspiring documentary filmmaker, recording every moment of her existence, giving us another irritating, jerky, hand-held camera movie shots in the style of the terrible “Paranormal...” series. Her 13-year-old brother Tyler thinks he’s a rapper, so we are subjected to his constant and annoying chatter.

The weird grandparents live on a farm in the middle of nowhere. They do strange things, especially at night. The kids are told not to leave their room after 9:30 p.m. Of course they do, discovering more strange happenings. They are told not to go near the shed. Of course, they do.

Pop Pop and Nana won’t talk about their daughter and why she left, never to return, but she didn’t mind dumping them on their grandparents for a week.

What the heck is going on? Are Nana and Pop Pop crazy? And are they trying to hurt the kids?

There is a twist, of course, to explain their bizarre behavior. It’s nowhere near as good as the twist in “The Sixth Sense.” Neither is the movie.

Rated PG-13, with violence, a few attempts to scare the audience, brief nudity and profanity.

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