Line #2 YMMV/Devil


1	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
2	** Was the Devil unable to take Tony because he was sorry, or because Bowden, the person he'd hurt most, forgave him?
3	** Was the old lady just a guise that the Devil is using, or was she a real person that the Devil possessed at some point? And if it's the latter, was she always possessed, or did the Devil just use her body to talk to Tony?
4	* AudienceAlienatingEra: Still sports many of the tropes to be negatively associated with Shyamalan, and the aforementioned reaction of audiences to his involvement served to signal the director's loss of goodwill as a result of his previous efforts.
5	* BileFascination: Much of the audience was drawn in by (negative) word of mouth of how entire ''theatres'' burst into ''laughter'' at the sight of "Produced by Creator/MNightShyamalan" coming on during screenings of its trailer.
6	* BrokenBase: Reception on the movie's quality is split between those that felt that this movie was at least a return to form for Shyamalan (but not as good as his earlier work) and those that felt it was just another nail in Shyamalan's career coffin.
7	* DirectorDisplacement: Shyamalan only wrote and produced the film, yet it has all the hallmarks of a Shyamalan film.
8	* HilariousInHindsight:
9	** Both Shockers from ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' (Logan Marshall-Green and Bokeem Woodbine) appear in this film.
10	** Creator/JennyOHara and Creator/BokeemWoodbine, who both played two of the trapped elevator passengers, had both previously played victims in the ''Wishmaster'' films (O'Hara appeared in ''Film/{{Wishmaster}}'', while Woodbine appeared in ''Film/Wishmaster2EvilNeverDies'').
11	* JerkassWoobie: Most of people in the elevator but especially Tony.
12	* {{Narm}}:
13	** ''"Tuhur-non the lighights~~!"'' [[NarmCharm Justified by the situation,]] but man...
14	** The demonstration of "jelly side down" toast. It's supposed to be a tense moment as Ramirez explains the presence of the devil. It's still a slow-motion shot of jelly-on-toast falling.[[note]]Let's not forget that the weighted side of a piece of toast is more likely going to hit the ground. Or that, y'know, the DEVIL can be located via breakfast foods.[[/note]]
15	** The claim that suicide notes are either all crazy or all rational. This is supposed to sound like the note they're reading is a dramatic exception. Instead, it sounds like a gross oversimplification of a complex and incredibly sensitive issue.
16	* RetroactiveRecognition: The detective is [[Series/TheMindyProject Danny Castellano]].
17	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
18	** A great murder mystery in a confined setting with a RaceAgainstTheClock theme to get the remaining people out before they're killed... and then they had to throw in the supernatural elements.
19	*** To be fair, the supernatural thing is established pretty early on. And a mortal killer would only make sense if the killer somehow controlled the lights and didn't really care about getting caught.
20	** As mentioned by the WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic, having the Devil's identity be both almost completely foreshadowed and one of the suspects who died means there was no way for a viewer to actually solve the mystery so all they have to look forward to is the twist. Instead, it could have been revealed to be the security guard since he both isn't someone you'd easily suspect but there are still clues that point to him when you look back. He's the one who gives everyone the idea that the Devil is present in the first place, he's strangely and accurately familiar with the Devil information when no one else has heard of these specific superstitions, he has free constant surveillance of the elevator, and actions like suddenly saying a hasty Spanish prayer over the speaker would clearly only create more panic but give him plausible deniability that he was trying to help.

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