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The Visit is a 2015 American found-footage comedy horror film written, co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Olivia DeJonge, ... TheVisit(2015Americanfilm) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 2015filmbyM.NightShyamalan FortheNigerianfilm,seeTheVisit(2015Nigerianfilm). TheVisitTheatricalreleaseposterDirectedbyM.NightShyamalanWrittenbyM.NightShyamalanProducedby M.NightShyamalan JasonBlum MarcBienstock Starring OliviaDeJonge EdOxenbould DeannaDunagan PeterMcRobbie KathrynHahn CinematographyMaryseAlbertiEditedbyLukeCiarrocchiProductioncompanies BlindingEdgePictures BlumhouseProductions DistributedbyUniversalPicturesReleasedate August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30)(Dublin) September 11, 2015 (2015-09-11)(UnitedStates) Runningtime94minutes[1]CountryUnitedStatesLanguageEnglishBudget$5million[2]Boxoffice$98.5million[3] TheVisitisa2015Americanfound-footagecomedyhorrorfilmwritten,co-producedanddirectedbyM.NightShyamalanandstarringOliviaDeJonge,EdOxenbould,DeannaDunagan,PeterMcRobbie,andKathrynHahn.Thefilmcentersaroundtwoyoungsiblings,teenageBeccaandherpreteenyoungerbrotherTylerwholivewiththeirsingledivorcedmother,whohadlefthome15yearsagoandisestrangedfromherparents.Afterfindingtheirgrandchildrenonlineandwantingtomeetthem,thegrandparentsinvitethemtospendaweekattheirfarmhouse,whiletheirmothergoesonacruisewithherboyfriend. ThefilmwasreleasedinNorthAmericaonSeptember11,2015,byUniversalPictures.Itgrossed$98.4millionworldwideagainsta$5millionproductionbudgetandreceivedgenerallypositivereviewsfromcritics. Contents 1Plot 2Cast 3Production 4Music 5Release 5.1Homemedia 6Reception 6.1Boxoffice 6.2Criticalresponse 6.3Accolades 7References 8Externallinks Plot[edit] TwosiblingsfromPhiladelphia,15-year-oldBeccaand13-year-oldTyler,prepareforafive-dayvisitwiththeirgrandparentswhiletheirdivorcedmotherLorettagoesonacruisewithherboyfriend.Lorettarevealsthatshehasnotspokentoherparentsin15yearsaftermarryingherhigh-schoolteacher,ofwhomherparentsdisapproved.Havingnevermettheirgrandparents,theteensplantorecordadocumentaryfilmabouttheirvisitusingacamcorder. BeccaandTylermeettheirgrandparents,referredtoas"Nana"and"PopPop,"atatrainstation.Whentheyarriveattheirisolatedfarmhouse,BeccaandTylerareinstructedtonevergointothebasementbecauseitcontainsmold,andthatbedtimeisat9:30everyevening,afterwhichtheyshouldnotleavetheirroom.Althoughatfirstthegrandparentsseempleasant,theirbehaviorgraduallybecomespeculiar.Thefirstnight,anhourpastcurfew,BeccaventuresdownstairsforsomethingtoeatandseesNanaprojectilevomiting.Duringtheday,Nanacreepilychasestheteenswhoareplayinghide-and-seek.Later,Tylerfindsapileofsoileddiapersintheshed.Intown,PopPopattacksamanhethinksisfollowingthem.Whenchallenged,bothgrandparentsaredismissiveofeachother'sbehavior.Astheerraticbehaviorintensifies,BeccaandTyler'sdocumentary-stylefilmevolvesintooneofmysterysolvingandevidencecollection. AwomanNanaandPopPophelpedincounselingbringsablueberrycobblerroundtothankthem,butfollowingaconfrontation,isnotseenleaving.Concernedabouthergrandparentsbehavior,BeccacheckstheInternetandconcludesitisnormalbehaviorforolderpeopleandachatwithLorettareinforcesthis.Concernedabouttheevents,Tylerdecidestosecretlyfilmthelivingroomduringthenight,butNanadiscoversthecameraandtriesunsuccessfullytobreakintothechildren'slockedbedroomwithaknife. UponwatchingthefootageofNanawiththeknife,BeccaandTylervideocallLorettaandbeghertocollectthem.UponshowingLorettaherparentswhiletheyareoutside,sheunnervinglydeclarestheyarenotherparents.Realizingtheyhavebeenstayingwithstrangers,theteenagerstrytoleavethehouse,butNanaandPopPopforcefullyencouragethemtoplayYahtzee.Later,Beccasneaksintothebasementandfindsthecorpsesoftheirrealgrandparents,alongwithuniformsfromthepsychiatrichospitalatwhichtheyworked,revealingtheimpostorsasescapedpatients.PopPopgrabsBeccaandimprisonsherinhisbedroomwithNana,whotriestoattackherinapsychoticfit.HethentormentsTylerpsychologicallybysmearinghisfacewithhisdirtydiaper.Followingastruggle,BeccafatallystabsNanawithaglassshardfromabrokenmirror,thenrunstothekitchenandattacksPopPop.AsPopPopgainstheupperhand,Tylerknockshimtothefloorandkillshimbyrepeatedlybashinghisheadwiththerefrigeratordoor.Theteensescapeoutsideunharmed,wheretheyaremetbytheirmotherandpoliceofficers. Intheaftermath,BeccaasksLorettaaboutwhathappenedthedayshelefthome15yearsago.Lorettastatesthatshehadamajorargumentwithherparents,duringwhichshehithermotherandwasthenstruckbyherfather.Lorettathenlefthomeandignoredtheirattemptstocontacther.Lorettaconcludesthatreconciliationwasalwayspossiblehadshewantedit.ShethentellsBeccanottoholdontoangeroverherfather'sabandonmentofher. Astheend-creditsroll,Tyler(inhisT-Diamondpersona)rapsabouttheeventsthathadhappenedthroughoutthefilm. Cast[edit] OliviaDeJongeasBecca[4] EdOxenbouldasTyler[4] DeannaDunaganasMarjaBellaJamison(Claire),alsoknownas"Nana"[4] PeterMcRobbieasFrederickSpencerJamison(Mitchell),alsoknownas"PopPop"[4] KathrynHahnasLorettaJamison,BeccaandTyler'smother[4] PatchDarraghasDr.Sam CeliaKeenan-BolgerasStacey BenjaminKanesasCorin,BeccaandTyler'sfather[4] Production[edit] AfterTheLastAirbenderandAfterEarthfailedcritically,ShyamalanfundedTheVisitbyborrowing$5millionagainsthishome.[5]FilmingbeganonFebruary19,2014,underthepreliminarytitleSundowning.[6]Sundowningistheincreasedrestlessnessandconfusionofsomedementiapatientsduringtheafternoonandevening.[7]Shyamalan'sBlindingEdgePictureswastheproductioncompany,withShyamalanandMarcBienstockproducing,andStevenSchneiderandAshwinRajanasexecutiveproducers.[8][9] AlthoughthousandsofAmericanchildrenwereauditionedforthefilm'stwoleadrolesofBeccaandTyler,inwhatShyamalanlatercharacterizedasa"totalfluke",heeventuallyselectedapairofrelativelyunknownAustralianjuvenileactors,OliviaDeJongeandEdOxenbould,toportraythefilm'sdualPhiladelphia-nativeteenageprotagonists.[10][11] BecauseShyamalanwantedtoavoidreinforcinghisreputationforplottwists,TheVisitwasthedirector'sfirstfilminseveralyearswithsuchasurprise.EveryHollywoodstudiopassedontheroughcut,andShyamalanfearedthathewouldlosethemillionshehadinvestedinthefilm.[5]Shyamalanadmittedthathehadtroublekeepingthetoneforthefilmconsistentduringtheeditingphase,tellingBloodyDisgustingthatthefirstcutofthefilmresembledanarthousefilmmorethanahorrorfilm.Asecondcutwentintheoppositedirectionandthefilmbecameacomedy.Heeventuallystruckamiddlebalanceandcutthefilmasathriller,which,accordingtohim,helpedtiethedifferentelementstogetherasthey"couldstayinserviceofthemovie".[12]AfterrevisionsUniversalPicturesagreedtodistributethefilm,andproducerJasonBlumandhiscompanyBlumhouseProductionswereincludedinthecredits.[13][5] Music[edit] Thereisnofilmscoreformostofthefilm,asiscommonforfoundfootagefilms.PaulCanteloniscreditedfor"epiloguetheme".Afewsongsareheardduringthefilm. Release[edit] UniversalbeganTheVisit'stheatricalwidereleaseintheUnitedStatesonSeptember11,2015.[14]OnApril17,2015,thefirstofficialtrailerwasreleasedtotheaters,attachedtothefilmUnfriended,anditwasreleasedonlinelaterthatweek.[13][15]ThefilmpremieredintheRepublicofIrelandonAugust30,2015,inaspecialscreeningthatwasattendedbyShyamalan.[16] Homemedia[edit] TheVisitwasreleasedonBlu-rayandDVDonJanuary5,2016.[17] Reception[edit] Boxoffice[edit] TheVisitgrossedover$65.2millionintheUnitedStatesandCanadaandover$33.2millioninotherterritoriesforaworldwidetotalofover$98.4million,againstabudgetof$5million.[3]Thefilmgrossed$25.4millioninitsopeningweekend,finishingsecondattheboxofficebehindThePerfectGuybyjust$460,000.[18]ShyamalankeptalistofHollywoodexecutiveswhohadrefusedtodistributeTheVisit,statingin2018thatmosthadsincebeenfired.[5] Criticalresponse[edit] TheVisitreceivedgenerallypositivereviewsfromcritics.[19]OnreviewaggregatorwebsiteRottenTomatoes,thefilmholdsanapprovalratingof68%,basedon228reviews,withanaverageratingof5.9/10.Thesite'scriticalconsensusreads,"TheVisitprovideshorrorfanswithasatisfyingblendofthrillsandlaughs–andalsosignalsawelcomereturn-to-formforwriter-directorM.NightShyamalan."[20]OnMetacriticthefilmhasascoreof55outof100basedon34critics,indicating"mixedoraveragereviews".[21]AudiencespolledbyCinemaScoregavethefilmanaveragegradeof"B-"onanA+toFscale.[22] ScottMendelsonfromForbescalledShyamalan'sfilma"deliciouslycreepyandfunnylittletriumph".Healsowrote,"TheVisitistheonewe'vebeenwaitingfor,folks.It'sgood.Ohmyword,isitgood.Butmoreimportantly,itisexcellentinthatspecificwaythatremindsuswhyM.NightShyamalanwasoncesuchamarvel.Itisrichlyhumanistic,filledwithindividuallysketchedcharactersthatoftensparklewithwitandsurprisingdecency."[23]InTheNewYorkTimes,ManohlaDargisdescribedthefilmas"anamusingly-grimfairytale".Shyamalanhasgonebacktobasics,"withastripped-downstoryandscale,alargely-unknown(excellent)castandoneofthoseclassically-tingedtalesofchildperilthathavereliablyspookedaudiencesforgenerations".[24]She,alongwithothercritics,[25][26]sawthefilmasamodern-dayversionoftheclassicfairytaleHanselandGretel. InhiscolumnforTheObserver,MarkKermodepannedthefilm,sayingitmaybeworsethanLadyintheWater.Hewrote,"Isitmeanttobeahorrorfilm?Oracomedy?Thepublicitycallsit'anoriginalthriller'butitisneitherofthosethings.Only'endurancetest'adequatelydescribestheill-judgedshenanigansthatensue."[27]MikeMcCahillgavethefilmonestar(outoffive)inhisreviewforTheGuardian,andsaiditwas"dull,derivativeandflatlyunscary."[28] Accolades[edit] Award Category Subject Result FangoriaChainsawAwards BestWideReleaseFilm M.NightShyamalan Nominated BestSupportingActress DeannaDunagan 3rdplace FrightMeterAwards Won GoldenRaspberryAward RazzieRedeemerAward M.NightShyamalan Nominated GoldenSchmoesAward BestHorrorMovieoftheYear Nominated OnlineFilm&TelevisionAssociationAward BestYouthPerformance EdOxenbould Nominated PhoenixFilmCriticsSociety BestPerformancebyaYouth Nominated RondoHattonClassicHorror RondoStatuetteforBestMovie M.NightShyamalan Nominated SaturnAwards BestHorrorFilm Nominated BestPerformancebyaYoungerActor OliviaDeJonge Nominated YoungArtistAward BestLeadingYoungActressinaFeatureFilm Nominated References[edit] ^"TheVisit".BritishBoardofFilmClassification.RetrievedAugust13,2015. ^"TheVisit(2015)".TheNumbers.NashInformationServices,LLC.RetrievedFebruary19,2021. ^ab"TheVisit(2015)".BoxOfficeMojo.IMDb.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonFebruary11,2021.RetrievedFebruary11,2021. ^abcdef"TheVisitalsostarsEricaLynneMarszalek,PeterMcRobbie,OliviaDeJonge,DeannaDunagan,BenjaminKanes,JonDouglasRainey,BrianGildea,ShawnGonzalez,RichardBarlow,SteveAnnan,andMichaelMariano".BloodyDisgusting.RetrievedJanuary16,2014. ^abcdHiatt,Brian(December20,2018)."TheFallandRiseofM.NightShyamalan".RollingStone. ^Billington,Alex(February26,2014)."M.NightShyamalanisNowFilmingMicrobudgetHorror'Sundowning'".FirstShowing.net. ^KhachiyantsN,TrinkleD,SonSJ,KimKY(2011)."Sundownsyndromeinpersonswithdementia:anupdate".PsychiatryInvestig.8(4):275–87.doi:10.4306/pi.2011.8.4.275.PMC 3246134.PMID 22216036. ^Anderton,Ethan(March24,2014)."M.NightShyamalan'sLowBudget'Sundowning'Plot&CastRevealed".FirstShowing.net. ^Sneider,Jeff(March21,2014)."M.NightShyamalan's'Sundowning'StarsKathrynHahn,EdOxenbould(Exclusive)".TheWrap.RetrievedAugust29,2015. ^SueYeap(September24,2015)."ScaryfunatNana'splace".TheWestAustralian.RetrievedJanuary2,2016. ^NealaJohnson(September15,2015)."HowAussiekidsOliviaDeJongeandEdOxenbouldsurvivedthescaresofM.NightShyamalan'sTheVisit".TheNewsCorpAustraliaNetwork.RetrievedJanuary2,2016. ^"[Interview]M.NightShyamalanOn'TheVisit,'HisFirstTrueHorrorFilm!".Bloody-Disgusting.RetrievedSeptember14,2015. ^abMichelleMcCue(April18,2015)."M.NightShyamalan'sTHEVISITTrailerAttachedToUNFRIENDED;FirstPosterInTheaters".WeAreMovieGeeks.RetrievedAugust29,2015. ^"M.NightShyamalan's'TheVisit'Has"DisturbingThematicMaterial"".BloodyDisgusting.RetrievedJanuary16,2014. ^Shyamalan,M.Night[@MNightShyamalan](April18,2015)."It'llbeonlinenextweek!"(Tweet).RetrievedAugust29,2015–viaTwitter. ^"MNightShyamalaninDublinforTheVisit".RTE.August30,2015. ^"TheVisit(2015)ReleaseDates".MovieInsider.RetrievedFebruary29,2016. ^Busch,Anita."'ThePerfectGuy'EdgesOut'TheVisit'ToTakeNo.1—B.O.Final".Deadline.RetrievedSeptember15,2015. ^"ThePerfectGuy'scaresoff'TheVisit'atFriday'sboxoffice".LATimes.com.RetrievedSeptember15,2015. ^"TheVisit(2015)".RottenTomatoes.FandangoMedia.RetrievedFebruary19,2021. ^"TheVisit(2015)".Metacritic.RedVentures.RetrievedFebruary19,2021. ^"'ThePerfectGuy'ScoresOnDateNight,'TheVisit'StaysStrong–B.O.Friday".deadline.com. ^"M.NightShyamalan's'TheVisit'IsAGloriousReturnToForm".Forbes.RetrievedSeptember18,2015. ^"Review:'TheVisit'Is'HanselandGretel'WithLessCandyandMoreCamcorders".TheNewYorkTimes.RetrievedSeptember18,2015. ^Murphy,Kathleen(September10,2015)."FilmReview:TheVisit".RetrievedFebruary4,2017. ^O'Malley,Sheila."TheVisitMovieReview&FilmSummary(2015)-RogerEbert".RetrievedFebruary4,2017. ^"Review:'ill-judgedshenanigansfromMNightShyamalan'".TheGuardian.RetrievedSeptember13,2015. ^"Review:'MNightShyamalan'sfound-footageloser'".TheGuardian.RetrievedSeptember16,2015. Externallinks[edit] Wikiquotehasquotationsrelatedto:TheVisit(2015Americanfilm) TheVisitatIMDb TheVisitatRottenTomatoes TheVisitatBoxOfficeMojo vteM.NightShyamalan Filmography Awardsandnominations Filmswrittenanddirected PrayingwithAnger(1992) WideAwake(1998) TheSixthSense(1999) Unbreakable(2000) Signs(2002) TheVillage(2004) LadyintheWater(2006) TheHappening(2008) TheLastAirbender(2010) AfterEarth(2013) TheVisit(2015) Split(2016) Glass(2019) Old(2021) Related Unbreakable(filmseries) BlindingEdgePictures vteBlindingEdgePicturesCompanyfounder:M.NightShyamalanFilms Unbreakable(2000) Signs(2002) TheVillage(2004) LadyintheWater(2006) TheHappening(2008) TheLastAirbender(2010) Devil(2010) AfterEarth(2013) TheVisit(2015) Split(2016) Glass(2019) Old(2021) TheVanishingsatCaddoLake(TBA) Televisionseries WaywardPines(2015–16) Servant(since2019) Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Visit_(2015_American_film)&oldid=1063841042" Categories:2015filmsEnglish-languagefilms2015comedyhorrorfilms2015horrorthrillerfilms2010spsychologicalhorrorfilms2010steenhorrorfilmsAmericancomedyhorrorfilmsAmericanfilmsAmericanhorrorthrillerfilmsAmericanpsychologicalhorrorfilmsAmericanteenhorrorfilmsBlindingEdgePicturesfilmsBlumhouseProductionsfilmsFilmsaboutdysfunctionalfamiliesFilmsaboutfilmdirectorsandproducersFilmsaboutpsychopathsFilmsdirectedbyM.NightShyamalanFilmsproducedbyJasonBlumFilmsproducedbyM.NightShyamalanFilmsscoredbyPaulCantelonFilmssetinPennsylvaniaFilmsshotinPennsylvaniaFilmswithscreenplaysbyM.NightShyamalanFoundfootagefilmsMentalillnessinfilmsUniversalPicturesfilmsHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataUsemdydatesfromAugust2015Templatefilmdatewith2releasedates Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherprojects Wikiquote Languages العربيةAsturianuCatalàČeštinaDeutschEspañolEuskaraفارسیFrançaisGalego한국어ՀայերենItalianoمصرىNederlands日本語NorskbokmålPolskiPortuguêsРусскийSlovenščinaSuomiTürkçeУкраїнськаTiếngViệt中文 Editlinks