Now as of this video, the film is currently sitting at 39% On Rotten Tomatoes with the Critics consensus reading:
Now personally I disagree with this comment, mainly the world-bending, which I found to be carrying a lot of goodwill from Unbreakable and Split and merely capitalising on that rather than providing a worthy successor to it.
Looking at Brandon Katz from the observer, it’s clear that I’m not alone in this opinion. He states:
The first half of Glass is a rush—a rousing payoff for fans who’ve been obsessing over this saga for nearly two decades. It’s a treat to revisit David all these years later, touching to see him happily run a home security store with his son Joseph (an all-grown-up Spencer Treat Clark) during the day and then feed rabid internet speculation over his alter ego’s existence with his prowling nocturnal vigilantism.
Hanging On Nostalgia
Which showcases that Shyamalan is banking on nostalgia rather than truly taking the world into a brilliant brand new direction. This plot device is the best in the movie and is something that was pretty much established at the end of the first film or at least hinted at enough for audiences to draw that conclusion.
After waiting 20 years almost for a sequel to Unbreakable, a trilogy that was original planned in the noughties, I found the film very underwhelming with an ending that disappointed on a number of levels and was quite head-scratching overall, especially with the thematic positive note that they try and end on that feels rammed down the viewers throat.
Sam Adams of Slate said:
On a purely practical level, Glass is drawn-out and disjointed, with disparate plot threads (some of them leading to, yes, a perfunctory rug pull) that seem dictated more by its stars’ availability than narrative cohesion.
Which highlights that perhaps it was wrong to force the split universe to be one with the Unbreakable one and tonally these films feel quite jarring apart from one another so together it’s a mess which I completely agree with. Split is a Horror film, Unbreakable is an uplifting superhero origin and to me, those two tones just don’t mix to great effect.
Positive Reviews
One of the handful of positive reviews comes from Kristian Harloff of Schmoes Knows who states:
A very well-done movie, it comes down to whether or not you like the ending…a good movie, with a bit disappointing payoff.
Which I disagree with. Now people who have watched my ending explained video or have seen the ending will already have their own opinions on the ending but I struggle to really see how it was satisfying. Now I’m not someone who needs everything tied up in a nice bow, my favourite films are The Thing, Infinity War, The Godfather and The Empire Strikes Back and all of them have dark, bitter endings, this however just felt like a misjudging of what the audience wanted and it’s difficult to imagine how anyone would have been hoping for an ending like this.
Anyway, it’s clear that opinions on the film are very mixed so how is the film predicted to do with the emergence of negative reviews?
Box Office Predictions
Well IMDB predicts that the film will generate 280-480 million worldwide but this was based on a Rotten Tomatoes score of 65-80 %. With it underperforming review wise I would imagine that it would have drastic effects on the box office. Going off the Box Office Thread on Reddit, current estimations rank it at $45 – $60 million first weekend. However, with a budget of $20 million, this is obviously a big success in terms of making back it’s money however I’m sure it’s not the success that the studio were banking on in terms of the name and considering the cast list as well as the success of Split.
Your Thoughts
So, what are your thoughts on the Reviews of Glass, Have you seen it and do you agree or disagree with them? Also have these put you off going to see the film and how do you think it will perform at the box office?
Comment below and let me know!
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