Old

2021 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

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6.3

A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.

Released: 2021-07-21108 minDir: M. Night ShyamalanThriller, Mystery, HorrorBudget: $18.0MBox office: $90.1M

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Cast

Gael García Bernal as Guy
Vicky Krieps as Prisca
Rufus Sewell as Charles
Alex Wolff as Trent Aged 15
Thomasin McKenzie as Maddox Aged 16
Abbey Lee as Chrystal

Themes

beach
husband wife relationship
schizophrenia
escape
time warp
rapper
coral reef
deception
time
aging

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Ratings

IMDb

5.8/10

182,135 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

50%

Metacritic

55/100

Year: 2021
Runtime: 108 min
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rated: PG-13
Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Screenplay by: M. Night Shyamalan
Based on: Sandcastle , by Pierre Oscar Lévy [ fr ] Frederik Peeters
Produced by: M. Night Shyamalan Marc Bienstock Ashwin Rajan
Starring: Gael García Bernal Vicky Krieps Rufus Sewell Alex Wolff Thomasin McKenzie Abbey Lee Nikki Amuka-Bird Ken Leung Eliza Scanlen Aaron Pierre Embeth Davidtz Emun Elliott
Cinematography: Michael Gioulakis
Edited by: Brett M. Reed
Music by: Trevor Gureckis
Production companies: Perfect World Pictures Blinding Edge Pictures
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release dates: July 19, 2021 ( 2021-07-19 ) ( Jazz at Lincoln Center ) July 23, 2021 ( 2021-07-23 ) (United States)
Running time: 108 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $18 million
Box office: $90.2 million

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Wikidata facts

Duration: 108
FilmAffinity ID: 326817
Official website: www.old.movie

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publication date: 2021-07-23
title: Old
review score: 55/100
Commons category: Old (film)

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Old is a 2021 American mystery thriller film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. It is based on the French-language Swiss graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy [fr] and Frederik Peeters. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ken Leung, Eliza Scanlen, Aaron Pierre, Embeth Davidtz, and Emun Elliott. The plot follows a group of people who find themselves rapidly aging on a secluded beach.

Shyamalan decided to adapt Sandcastle into a film after receiving it as a Father's Day gift in 2017. The untitled project was announced in September 2019, with the filmmaker revealing a partnership with Universal Pictures. Filming took place for three months in the Dominican Republic in 2020, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with cinematographer Michael Gioulakis.