Never the same movie twice

Rating: 8/10 (30 March 2005)

M.Night Shyamalan films have recurring themes in his films, and some have gone so far as to suggest he makes the same film over each time. This is rather like saying Picasso used too much blue. The hues and tones of each Shyamalan study are completely different. The Village is a beautiful consideration of the human condition. Shyamalan is a symbolist, and the layers of this film can be peeled back revealing the extent to which our inner demons isolate us, the past of adults and how it can determine the paths taken by their children,and a theme many with children will surely warm to - the horror that can be created when an elder is trying to protect a youth. The environment he creates in The Village is lush,the colours are deep and rich, the characters complex and naive at the same time. The Village stands surely on it's own merits, actually the film is rather like beautiful, many layered poetry.