Not original, and not enough

Rating: Null/10 (3 August 2004)

While I certainly may be holding M. Knight to a higher standard(and unfairly so), the main motivations and the central themes of "The Village" are profoundly weak.
That which motivates this film is quite simply not enough to justify my attention for almost 2 hours. This film is not bad, just not great, and it will have no "legs" at all.
I understand that its difficult for a director to hit a game-winning homerun every time out, but this film at best is a run scoring groundout in the 4th inning.