What if M. Night Shyamalan made a good movie?? Sam Esmail (and the Obamas!?) does an excellent job of establishing his archetypes and stereotypes here, and then skillfully upturns expectations. Solid casting is an important piece of the puzzle, as the movie stars feed the stereotypes then peel them back to reveal more interesting complicated people. The story and plot also does this well. It begins with some thriller beats, and then gradually expands into a more global crisis with much stronger themes. So sorry to knock around “Night”, but this succeeds with the twists where others (ibid) have failed. Although I could see the ending coming, it’s a hum-dinger and thoroughly satisfies. Kudos.
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