Glass

This may not be M. Night Shyamalan's worst movie, though it's surely his most disappointing.

You have to admire the nerve of Shyamalan for attempting something like this-and indeed, for choosing Glass as the title for a film so unashamedly non-transparent.

With a movie jumping from character to character so often, it just didn't have flow or pacing or tone.

What's disappointing isn't that Shyamalan chose not to make Unbreakable 2; it's that what began so successfully with Unbreakable has devolved into such thoroughly unsatisfying pulp, void of any real humanity.

I went with it... I thought this was Shyamalan's best film since Signs.

This is a gripping, intelligent psychological thriller that is lifted beyond "normal" by McAvoy and all the people inside him.

might find its monologues about comic books pretentious. However, I believe it comes from a genuine love of comics from Shyamalan. [...] Some may dislike it for its overflowing uniqueness, but I ended up quite captivated with it.

Glass unfortunately gets bogged down in overtly precise plot mechanics and not trusting the audience to keep up that it falters in the narrative progression and thematic clarity...

The problem with Glass is that the storyline is too hollow to support such ideas. It’s obvious that Shyamalan has thought a lot about theme, but in attempting to dissect it, he leaves the story and characters behind.

Aside from being a thoughtful exploration of superhuman abilities in the real world (a la “Watchmen” and “Chronicle”), the film also ends up being an ingenious deconstruction of superheroes in movies and comic books.