Adrien Brody, Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix
At first glance this late nineteenth century village seems picture perfect. However, this close-knit community lives with the frightening knowledge that a race of creatures resides in the woods around...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 11, 2005
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September 22, 2009Shyamalan needs to pull out a few new tricks from up his sleeve, that said though, I found this to be quite entertaining!
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September 27, 2008To my surprise, my cousin had never seen The Village, and asked me about it. So I insisted that she come over and watch it with me.
This is by far, my favorite of M. Night Shyamalan's work. I really enjoyed the story of this movie, and the big plot twist at the end. I was one wh...( read more) -
July 2, 2008The blind girl saves the village from itself. Shymalan knows a good twist.
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October 27, 2009You have to know it is a M. Night Shyamalan movie before you see it. If you go in thinking its gong to be scray you will be disappointed. But If you know M. Night Shyamalan and still wanna see it you gonna like it.
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October 22, 2009Although the concept of this movie should of been entertaining, it wasn't. It was poorly executed, leaving the film in tatters. I had also high hopes for this movie because of the cast. Admittingly, the cast did pull of brilliant performances but it doesn't disguise the annoyance...( read more)
Critic Reviews
May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
August 7, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Shyamalan, far from being a master of suspense, hasn't yet figured out that the shadowy things you glimpse out of the corner of your eye are always scarier than those you're allowed to gaze upon direc... full review
July 30, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Village is a colossal miscalculation, a movie based on a premise that cannot support it, a premise so transparent it would be laughable were the movie not so deadly solemn. full review
July 29, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
A film of great elegance and skill that's often delicious to watch, but its surprises don't surprise; in fact, they fall a little flat. full review
July 29, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
In his latest foray into the realm of the supernatural, M. Night Shyamalan turns an artful gothic tale into a homework assignment. full review
July 29, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Shyamalan, as usual functioning as writer, director and producer, plays on our expectations like a virtuoso while subverting them. full review
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April 6, 2008i guess it depends on how picky you are about movies. I really have no idea at all why people are putting it down. It was great, had an original plot, and was a bit of a thriller.
The truth behind the whole red hooded things ( whatever their called ) is queit a surprise ( will make you jump off your seat!. ) watch it. its worth it. -
March 20, 2008Wow, I'm sick and tired of people whinning about this and other movies like it. This movie was very good. It hada great twist! I can only agree with two things people have said, is that they should stop advertising it as horror, and you do expect some kind of twist.
However, the horror advertisment doesn't ruin the movie, and as logn as you can't figure out the twist, it is still good! In fact, if you know that theres a twist, but you still can't figure it out, it must be a PRETTY DARN GOOD TWIST! It is the same reason Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock stuff was so popular. People WANTED a TWIST!!! -
September 9, 2007The only reason some people don't like M. Night Shyamalan's movies is because they don't understand them. I must be terribly rude and say that if you don't like his films you are too simple-minded to get them. The fact is, Shyamalan has never written a horror film. All of his films are psychological feasts. They are all about something, not just meant to be scary. They all have morals. They are not meant to scare, but to enlighten. Remember the conversation that the elders have behind one of the buildings? It's in a video on this page, and it's written out just above this in the recent reviews section. Remember that? That is what this movie is about. It's not about creatures in the woods or anything even close to that. It is all there in that one dialogue. If you didn't know that, you missed the entire meaning of this film.
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June 12, 2007People who went to this movie hoping for another M. Night horror movie were undoubtedly disappointed. So disappointed, in fact, that they didn't catch the beauty and purpose of this amazing film. I loved it.
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April 16, 2007The acting in this movie is just incredible. One of Shyamalan's best movies. This movie and Signs are my favorites of his.
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March 19, 2007The Village starts out as a great movie, but it then crashed, burned, and should have been taken out into the backyard and shot. A BIG letdown at the end. I thought M. Night had higher standards.
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February 21, 2007the front cover ruined it for me....it makes it look scary, so thats wat i expected. i waited the whole way through the movie for someone to die...it says #1 worldwide thriller... well it didnt thrill me.. i expected more from M. Night Shyamalan.
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February 20, 2007i like this movie because it's a mystery!! i don't think it's supposed to be scary...the media people just think scary always sells, but I'd take a "thrilling mystery" over a scary, gory movie ANY day!! People who don't like this movie are already to accustomed to the horrifically disturbing movies...
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