Old

Old

Credits
Title:	Old
Director:	M. Night Shyamalan
Writers:	M. Night Shyamalan
Producers:	M. Night Shyamalan; Steven Schneider; Marc Bienstock; Jeff Robinson; Ashwin Rajan; Catherine Wolf McGrath; Ashwin Rajan
Composer:	Trevor Gureckis
Cinematography:	Michael Gioulakis
Editors:	Brett M. Reed
Production
Production company:	Universal Pictures Blinding Edge Pictures Perfect World Pictures Dentsu
Distributed by:	Universal Pictures
Released:	July 19th, 2021
Rating:	PG-13
Running time:	108 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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Old is an American feature film of the science fiction, horror and dark fantasy genres. It was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Presented through Universal Pictures, it was produced by Shyamalan's production studio Blinding Edge Pictures as well Perfect World Pictures in association with Dentsu. It premiered in New York City, New York on July 19th, 2021. It opened to nationwide theatrical release on July 23rd, 2021.

Plot[]

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.

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Gael Garcia Bernal	Guy
Vicky Krieps	Prisca
Rufus Sewell	Charles
Alex Wolff	Trent aged 15
Thomasin McKenzie	Maddox aged 16
Abbey Lee	Chrystal
Nikki Amuka-Bird	Patricia
Ken Leung	Jarin
Eliza Scanlen	Kara aged 15
Aaron Pierre	Mid-Sized Sedan
Embeth Davidtz	Adult Maddox
Emun Elliott	Adult Trent
Alexa Swinton	Maddox aged 11
Gustaf Hammarsten	Resort manager
Kathleen Chalfant	Agnes
Francesca Eastwood	Madrid
Nolan River	Trent aged 6
Luca Fuastino Rodriguez	Trent aged 11
Kylie Begley	Kara aged 6
Mikaya Fisher	Kara aged 11
Kailen Jude	Idlib
M. Night Shyamalan	Hotel van driver
Matthew Shear	Sidney
Daniel Ison	Greg Mitchell
Julietta Rodríguez	Malin Mitchell
Jeffrey Holsman	Mister Brody
Deidra Ciolko	Mrs. Brady
Margaux Da Silva	Scientist
John Twohy	CIA agent
Alejandra Useche	Blonde woman
Louise Walter	Sophia Watson
Arturo A. Báez	Waiter

Notes & Trivia[]

General Notes[]

This film is based on the French graphic novel Château de sable, or Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy and artist Frederik Peeters, published in 2010.
The tagline to this film is "It's only a matter of time". Another tagline is "They grow up so fast".
There are a total of thirty-two credited cast members in this film.
This movie is MPA certificate number 53247.
Old had a production budget of $18,000,000.
Production on Old began in October, 2019. Filming commenced on September 26th, 2020 and concluded on November 15th, 2020. This was during the height of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The movie was shot at Pinewood Studios in the Dominican Republic with the beach scenes being filmed at Playa El Valle in Samana, DR.
Director of photography Mike Gioulakis is credited as Michael Gioulakis in this film.
Actor Arturo A. Baez, who plays a waiter, is credited as Arturo A. Báez in this film.
Director M. Night Shyamalan shared the first poster and title of the film on September 26th, 2020.
Old opened at number one at the box office during the July 23rd weekend. It beat out Snake Eyes, which also premiered that same day by $1,394,573 even though Snake Eyes was screened in 166 more theaters.
Old grossed $6,897,490 on its premiere date with a total of $16,854,735 during its opening weekend with screenings in 3,355 theaters. It grossed $48,276,510 during its domestic run with another $41,870,000 internationally, for a worldwide total of $90,146,510.
At its widest release, Old was screened on 3,379 theaters. It remained in theatrical release for a total of 168 days (24 weeks).

Review Ratings[]

On the Internet Movie Database, Old has a Starmeter rating of 5.8 out of 10 based on more than 174,000 user votes. 3.4% of the voting pool gave the film a perfect score of 10 while 4.0% of the voting pool gave it a 1.
On the movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Old has an audience score of 43% based on more than 5,000 user ratings. It has a Tomatometer score of 50% based on 341 posted critic reviews, including top critics. It has 170 positive reviews and 171 negative reviews, averaging 5.50 out of 10. There is a 7% variance between the Tomatometer score and the audience score.
On Metacritic, Old has a Metascore of 55 out of 100 based on 53 critic reviews, indicating mixed or average reviews. It has 23 positive reviews, making up 43% of the voter base, with 4 negative reviews at 8% of the voter base, and 26 mixed reviews at 49%.
On Letterboxd, Old has a weighted average of 2.45 out of 5 based on 529,140 user votes.
On The Movie Database (TMDB), Old has a user score of 63%.

Trivia[]

Guy and Prisca make reference to hailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Director M. Night Shyamalan was raised in Philadelphia, and nearly all of his films, with the exception of The Last Airbender, take place there.
This is the first M. Night Shyamalan film to be shot on 35mm film stock since The Last Airbender. All his projects since have been shot digitally.
M. Night Shyamalan's daughter, Ishana Night Shyamalan, served as a second unit director on this film. She would go on to write the screenplay for Watchers in 2024.

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