Another reason Shyamalan is the most breathtaking director of the decade

Rating: 10/10 (14 August 2004)

Mysteriously isolated in the forest, the villagers must live with the threat of unknown beings that inhabit the surrounding woods. Fear of the unknown does not stand in the way of the love between two young villagers.
It is difficult to praise this movie without giving away its secrets, but this is a movie that would have been true to the heart of Joseph Campbell the mythologist. Not for the average moviegoer, this film is presented in a stylistic manner full of dialogue that impresses with its biblical gravity and unusual but likeable main characters. Visually, it is splendid to watch like Shyamalan's other recent films.