Review: Western Movie - Split (2017)

     I recently watched Split which I interested on the multiple personality disorder (Well, I personally enjoy movie if psychiatrist involved haha). A man having this MPD can become several different person. Split was a movie about a man kidnapped three girls (Casey, Claire, and Marcia) and kept them in a closed room. He, Dennis, actually did nothing to them. One day, they heard a woman and the kidnapper talking from behind the door. Claire saw dressed up woman from the door hole and cried out for help. Then the door opened, the girls shocked. The person who dressed up like woman was the kidnapper. Her (or his?) name is Patricia.
     Barry, one of the personalities, met a psychiatric every week, named dr. Fletcher. She could recognize each of Kevin's other personalities. Wait, I should tell you that the kidnapper's real name is Kevin Crumb. Kevin suffered MPD or Dissociative Identity Disorder and had 23 other personalities including him. Each personalities had different name. Dr. Fletcher always encouraged every personalities and gave compliments on every personalities (she was a doctor, after all). Once she recognized that the person talking to her wasn't Barry, but Dennis. She could tell by their gesture, wow! She always ask him whether he was doing great and could handle which personalities in charge. And he always answered he (or they were) was fine.
     One night, Barry emailed dr. Fletcher twenty times and said he needed help. And then dr. Fletcher went to Kevin's place right away. She met Dennis, instead of Barry. She asked him to be opened and tell her what happened. Then Dennis told her that he and Mrs. Patricia made a decision to meet the twenty fourth personality called the Beast. Every personalities in Kevin's body believed that there was this Beast who was the strongest and tallest among the personalities, could kill someone, or even climb the wall (yup), though they never 'met' him. Yet dr. Fletcher believed the Beast was just imaginary creature and Kevin had no capabilities to be 'it'. Climb the wall? No.
     
     Interestingly, Dennis told dr. Fletcher that there was a blind woman suffered DID and one of her personality had normal sight! So, Dennis and Mrs. Patricia were confident that Kevin could become the Beast. The point is, once they believed, unconsciously their body would become what they believed. Dr. Fletcher went to the bathroom and found Claire. Unfortunately Dennis came up before they escaped. Then Dennis went to some train and 'transformed' himself to be the Beast. Yes, he got muscular built up and ran with his hands and feet, like an... animal. He went back to his place, could the girls and dr. Fletcher ran away before he came? Watch it yourself :).
     I wish I do not confuse you with my review. Before you go watch Split movie, I will tell you about this disorder. Dissociative Identity Disorder happen to someone suffered deep trauma. It could happen when he was kid or older. Once the disorder appears, your must share your body with other personalities. When the other personality is in charge, the other usually won't remember what happen. But each of personalities can talk to each other in the same time. The split personalities can be anyone significant in his/her life. It is very unique that every distinct personalities can have different voice, facial expression, or gesture.
     Even though Kevin had 23 personalities, not all of them appeared in this movie. If you have watched Korean drama Kill Me Heal Me, I bet you wish you could see every 23 personalities. I wasn't disappointed to this movie, I just expected more hehe. It also wasn't thrilled me much. Once again, I tell you that this movie wasn't about the conflict of each of several personalities in one body but it was about how someone become what he believe he would become. Hmm after all, I will give 3.5 of 5 stars to Split. Worth to watch.