Trap
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A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.
What critics thought
Shyamalan's concert-hall thriller lands in genuinely mixed territory: critics who warmed to its campy, self-aware absurdity found it one of his most purely entertaining recent efforts, while detractors felt its clever premise collapses under shoddy plotting and a climax that strains credulity past the breaking point. Nearly everyone agreed that Josh Hartnett's performance is the film's main reason for being — the real argument is whether he's enough to carry the whole thing.
“Trap is a thriller that incorrectly thinks it's fiendishly smart. Maybe if it was more aware of how stupid it actually is, it might have been a lot more fun.”
Benjamin Lee·The Guardian
“Hartnett performs miracles in making Cooper a serial butcher and a devoted family man living in the same body. You believe him, which is a trick Shyamalan otherwise fails to achieve as this misfire builds to a sequel-begging climax that ups the ante on shameless.”
Peter Travers·ABC News
“too plausibility-stretching to be actually scary, but Hartnett's well-calibrated performance as a psycho dad, the type who sends PTA moms all aflutter, is too dangerously charismatic to ignore.”
Ryan Lattanzio·IndieWire
“may cook more purely and entertainingly than anything in [Shyamalan's] last decade of self-styled pop hits. But it also suggests that there are discordant notes that he can't, and probably shouldn't, ever get out of his system.”
Jesse Hassenger·The A.V. Club
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Crime, Horror, Thriller
Cast & Crew
M. Night ShyamalanDirector
Josh HartnettCooper
Ariel DonoghueRiley
Saleka Night ShyamalanLady Raven
Hayley MillsDr. Josephine Grant
Jonathan LangdonJamie
Alison PillRachel
Mark BacolcolSpencer
Marnie McPhailJody's Mom
Kid CudiThe Thinker
RussParker Wayne
Marcia BennettCooper's Mother
Vanessa SmytheTour Manager
Herdís StefánsdóttirComposer
Sayombhu MukdeepromCinematographyTrap
A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.
What critics thought
Shyamalan's concert-hall thriller lands in genuinely mixed territory: critics who warmed to its campy, self-aware absurdity found it one of his most purely entertaining recent efforts, while detractors felt its clever premise collapses under shoddy plotting and a climax that strains credulity past the breaking point. Nearly everyone agreed that Josh Hartnett's performance is the film's main reason for being — the real argument is whether he's enough to carry the whole thing.
“Trap is a thriller that incorrectly thinks it's fiendishly smart. Maybe if it was more aware of how stupid it actually is, it might have been a lot more fun.”
Benjamin Lee·The Guardian
“Hartnett performs miracles in making Cooper a serial butcher and a devoted family man living in the same body. You believe him, which is a trick Shyamalan otherwise fails to achieve as this misfire builds to a sequel-begging climax that ups the ante on shameless.”
Peter Travers·ABC News
“too plausibility-stretching to be actually scary, but Hartnett's well-calibrated performance as a psycho dad, the type who sends PTA moms all aflutter, is too dangerously charismatic to ignore.”
Ryan Lattanzio·IndieWire
“may cook more purely and entertainingly than anything in [Shyamalan's] last decade of self-styled pop hits. But it also suggests that there are discordant notes that he can't, and probably shouldn't, ever get out of his system.”
Jesse Hassenger·The A.V. Club
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Crime, Horror, Thriller
Cast & Crew
M. Night ShyamalanDirectorJosh HartnettCooperAriel DonoghueRileySaleka Night ShyamalanLady RavenHayley MillsDr. Josephine GrantJonathan LangdonJamieAlison PillRachelMark BacolcolSpencerMarnie McPhailJody's MomKid CudiThe ThinkerRussParker WayneMarcia BennettCooper's MotherVanessa SmytheTour ManagerHerdís StefánsdóttirComposerSayombhu MukdeepromCinematographyStream
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