Not what my son expected

Rating: 10/10 (2 August 2004)

We dropped my son and his friends off to see The Village, as we were intending to go see The Manchurian Candidate, but our timing was off.

Glad we did. Not really tied into MNS' history of plot twists, we sat down fully expecting a gory slasher movie.
Not very often do I leave the theatre with a smile on my face - - excellent movie, smartly done, worth every minute.
Pay attention. It's fun. Not very often does my family all see a movie at the same time, and we spent most of dinner going through the details that we wouldn't have ordinarily paid attention to.
This is a very smart movie, and worth every minute, although in the middle I was wondering "where the heck is this going?", but willing to hang in there for the answer. Why doesn't Hollywood make more of these
Oh, yeah. My son and his friends left feeling like they were ripped off. Not at all like they expected based on the trailers....