Excellent, satisfying, better than reviewers say it is.

Rating: Null/10 (21 August 2004)

The village is an excellent movie, thoroughly entertaining with little violence, no bad language, no sex, and lots of effective quiet moments. The setting was gorgeous, with interesting details about how the perimeter of the village was defined and defended. The Village is better than The Ring because it was much more thought-provoking and with minimal supernatural forces. The acting was excellent, especially the newcomer who played Ivy. All characters were interesting and believably portrayed. The story was very good and unfolded at a good pace. One wonders why the reviewers seemingly cannot give good reviews to a good movie like this. It appears that good reviews only go to movies that have some socially-negative "Hollywood" agenda. My wife and I are looking forward to more superb work from the man who put this together.