The Watched review: M Night Shyamalan’s daughter Ishana has made a brilliant, unexpected treat

If you’re a debut director with a famous parent in your line of work, be prepared – until you’ve made your mark, you’ll only be talked about in the comparative. Perhaps that sounds a little unfair. Perhaps, too, it’s a fair trade for all those open doors into the industry. It was true of , and Jennifer Lynch, daughter of that other David. It will now, inevitably, who’s graduated from a rigorous training course under her father’s guidance, as a second unit director on his films and , and as a director on several episodes of Apple TV+’s , which he executive produced. Here, she directs her first feature, (or , outside of the UK and Ireland).