The Visit

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The Visit

PG-13

2015

1h 34m

Comedy

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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Becca and younger brother Tyler say goodbye to their mother as they board a train and head deep into Pennsylvania farm country to meet their maternal grandparents for the first time. Welcomed by Nana and Pop Pop, all seems well until the siblings start to notice increasingly strange behavior from the seemingly charming couple. Once the children discover a shocking secret, they begin to wonder if they'll ever make it home.

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Critics Consensus

The Visit provides horror fans with a satisfying blend of thrills and laughs -- and also signals a welcome return to form for writer-director M. Night Shyamalan.

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Max Weiss

Baltimore Magazine

06/12/2016

3/4

Here, [Shyamalan] loosened up, shed some of his ego, and reminded all of us what a gifted writer and director he truly is.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

05/03/2016

M. Night Shyamalan made another good movie, and I'm as surprised as you are.

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Alison Willmore

BuzzFeed News

11/10/2015

The Visit is a pleasant surprise.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 8

2/4

A tepid horror yarn that might as well have been called Old People Are Scary!

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Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

07/23/2023

3/5

The Visit is a return to form for Shyamalan.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/21/2022

4/5

While Shyamalan doesn’t reinvent the wheel with “The Visit”, he does show the creative flourishes that made him a respected name and overnight success in the horror-thriller genre.

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Mae L

@RT52275170 6d

Absolutely a hidden gem. In a genre crowded with the same blood-and-jump-scare formula, its approach felt surprisingly fresh.

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jacob B.

@Birddog625 Mar 7

Kinda weird and slow start with a weak plot but would say it’s an interesting movie and worth the watch.

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Neve M

@TrippyLifeMe2 Feb 20

Where do I start. First off don’t WASTE YOUR TIME watching this It was an a hour and a half of two old folk acting weird and boring. Nana likes to get naked and poppop likes to collect his shitty nappy’s. The two kids like to film and document. Go to visit grandparents they’ve never met and that mom hasn’t spoken to in 10 years lol. Okaaay. The mom’s a terrible actor btw too ott. Turns out they’re just two crazy people who killed the real grandparents. It had potential had the film been half n hour max long. So many wasted minutes of movie time on unnecessary scenes smh.. It’s just straight trash. I’d be embarrassed as the person to say I made this movie. A few things left unexplained and could have done with some background added to make the film blend better, but no. The old man said he put a spell on the kid lool. Weird. Just random.

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Jeremy B

@Boothjp728 Feb 17

Some solid scares and a couple truly excellent gross-out moments. There's also respectable acting throughout. But I got bored early on and could never shake it.

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Conor W

@Celtt Feb 14

Honestly great movie, the scares are decent and the storyline is very interesting, this deserves a good old 5 star rating don't ya say?

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doc G

@DocGlock Feb 2

Makes for a lovely film to watch with your grandparents :)

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Synopsis

Becca and younger brother Tyler say goodbye to their mother as they board a train and head deep into Pennsylvania farm country to meet their maternal grandparents for the first time. Welcomed by Nana and Pop Pop, all seems well until the siblings start to notice increasingly strange behavior from the seemingly charming couple. Once the children discover a shocking secret, they begin to wonder if they'll ever make it home.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Producer: Jason Blum, Marc Bienstock
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Blinding Edge Pictures, Blumhouse
Rating: PG-13 (Some Nudity|Brief Language|Terror|Thematic Material|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 11, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $65.1M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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