Disappointing to say the least....

Rating: 1/10 (4 August 2004)

I, like most other people, went into The Village expecting a great movie with a stunning twist. Not quite. The most drags along and doesn't make the audience really care about the villagers. I understand that Night was trying to make it as suspenseful as possible, but ultimately he failed. There was nothing even mildly scary about this film. By the time the plot twist is revealed, the relatively little suspense I did feel just faded away. At the end of it all, (SPOILER) I just felt that William Hurt was just playing a rich guy that had too much money and a desire to run from his problems. This could have been a better movie and it just marks a slowly, steady progression into mediocrity for M. Night Shamalan. If you want to see a film that's entertaining and thought provoking, this isn't the one for you.