Honestly, this movie is bad. Really bad...

Rating: 3/10 (31 July 2004)

First let me say that I've enjoyed M. Night's previous three films. In fact, I absolutely loved "Unbreakable" and watch it often on DVD. However, "The Village" is just awful. It's slow, unsuspenseful, predictable, and worst of all, boring. I can forgive many things in a film, but being un-entertaining is not one of them. I don't know what's more of a mystery to me, why the studio OKed the film to be made, or that they actually went ahead and released it. The only reason I didn't rate it a 1 is because there is some good acting in it. My advice is to AVOID THE FILM ENTIRELY. Don't see it at the theater. Don't watch it on video, or cable. Seriously, STAY AWAY. Watch an old favorite instead.
2/10, and that's being generous.