Insightful profile article from The New York Times....
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/movies/m-night-shyamalan-career.html
"What Will It Take to Trust M. Night Shyamalan?
The director, whose latest is “Knock at the Cabin,” has been working to regain audience faith, one B-movie at a time...
The box office has actually turned out to be somewhat weak for this one. Even with only a $20 m budget, my guess is that this one might only just break-even, once you factor in probably an equal amount for advertising, overhead, etc.
It was certainly distracting, but as I pretty much knew from the trailer I didn't really care for the set-up/story. The performers were all really good, however, and my theater had a pretty good-sized audience that seemed responsive. My rating: B-.
I read a summary of the original novel. Wow...