Trap | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

Trap is ingenious as a genre film, but it doesn’t go much farther than that. It comes off as more of an exercise than one of the director’s metaphysical outings.

The entire plot is silly and unbelievable, and each twist is increasingly absurd. This movie is more of an exercise in twists than storytelling. Surprisingly, however, I found Shyamalan's twist obsession to be quite entertaining this time around.

At its worst, a fun premise devolved into an incoherent puzzler. At best, a strangely moving exploration of parenthood and work/life balance.

Shyamalan is completely in control of this brilliantly confined thriller, as you can tell he’s operating at a level of glee and mastery we haven’t seen from him since his heyday.

It's the type of pulpy good time that we rarely get with conscious intent anymore. Too often we end up laughing at a film like this. It's nice to laugh with this one.