interesting

Rating: 8/10 (6 May 2010)

"The Village" had a very interesting plot. The whole village was made up of people who went to a counseling center to recover from a horrible thing happening in their life. They cut themselves off from the rest of the world and led a simple life based back in the 19th century. Personally I find that idea rather dumb but agreed with the intentions behind it. The director did a good job at hiding most of what was going on and revealing it slowly only as needed as the movie progressed. I enjoyed the fact that the three misfits of the village are the main characters and how much joy the village idiot brought to the film. Although most of this movie left many questions unanswered, overall it was OK. I think the movie was a little dry at points but that is to be expected from something of that time period. I was confused at how the village idiot just magically knew where the blind girl was in the woods or as to why he didn't speak to her knowing it was the girl he had feelings for. The blind girl did a good job at bringing the movie an extra sense of suspense because she had no idea what most of the noises would be in the woods. I think that overall the actors did a good job at telling a drawn out and semi captivating story. Although to me the ending was very dry and pretty much just ended without explaining what was to happen to the village.