Really well put together story

Rating: 7/10 (18 January 2005)

I thought The Village was a very good movie but the marketing for the film had me expecting a different movie than I got. As a previous poster noted, the producers of this movie were way off with their "thriller" movie claim. I didn't find the movie to be thrilling so much as intriguing. Suspenseful at times and hair raising at others The Village left me feeling just fine about the 20 bucks spent at the theater and that is something that seems to happen less and less often these days.
Joaquim Phoenix and Adrian Brody were both very good in their roles as was Ms. Howard but the star of this film is Shyamalan's fantastic ability to tell a story on the big screen. Overall I rated it 8/10.