Summary
Traphas earned M. Night Shyamalan’s worst score in half a decade. The movie is the latest outing from Shyamalan, a director who burst onto the scene at the turn of the millennium with well-regarded movies includingThe Sixth Sensebefore entering a long period of critical doldrums. TheTraprelease, which sees Josh Hartnett as a killer attempting to escape a concert that has been set up as a sting operation, comes after a time when the filmmaker has seen some critical rehabilitation after the release of more widely regarded works, includingSplitandKnock at the Cabin.
Rotten Tomatoeshas now calculated an official Tomatometer score forTrapby aggregating 37 different critics' reviews. While the score could fluctuate as more reviews are added,it is a firmly Rotten 46% at the time of writing. This is the worst score for an M. Night Shyamalan directorial effort sinceGlassearned a 37% score in 2019, though he came close when his sci-fi beach thrillerOldearned 50% in 2021.
Trap’s Audience Score Tells A Different Story
Viewers Have Been Kinder To The M. Night Shyamalan Thriller
This chart also reveals that, whileTraphas earned the director’s worst score in some time, it is still far from the most dismal reaction that one of his directorial efforts has received, even from critics.
Trapmay represent another slip down the Rotten Tomatoes chart for the director in terms of critical response, butaudiences have so far given the movie a significantly improved 67% score. While this score is also subject to change, it not only improves onGlass’s 66% audience score but marks one of just three RottenM. Night Shyamalan moviesto have a Fresh audience score. See a breakdown of the critic and audience scores for his worst-rated directorial efforts below:
50%
53%
46%
67%
45%
66%
44%
57%
37%
Lady in the Water(2006)
25%
49%
18%
24%
12%
36%
5%
30%
In addition to having a strong audience score in terms of his movies with Rotten Tomatoes splats,Traphas been well received by viewers in terms of his directorial career in general. In fact, it istied for his fourth-best audience score everwithSigns, behind justUnbreakable(77%),Split(79%), andThe Sixth Sense(90%). This is the case because some of his critically Fresh movies - namelyKnock at the CabinandThe Visit- wowed critics more than they did audiences.
Trap Ending & All Twists Explained
The latest thriller from M. Night Shyamalan features a slow burn cat-and-mouse game with the traditional twist ending to go with twists along the way.
This chart also reveals that, whileTraphas earned the director’s worst score in some time, it is still far from the most dismal reaction that one of his directorial efforts has received, even from critics. There is still room for the filmmaker to return to the across-the-board Fresh scores that some of his more recent efforts have earned. Not much is currently known about the project on which he is currently in pre-production, but if it improves upon his new movie even slightly, it could be a return to form.
Trap
Cast
Trap is a film by writer-director M. Night Shyamalan under his Blinding Edge Pictures label. The film is part of a deal struck with Warner Bros for him to direct and produce several films under their banner.
