LET THE BAD MOVIE NOT BE SEEN. IT ATTRACTS THEM (SUCKERS)

Rating: Null/10 (1 August 2004)

I try to avoid writing negative revues. But I will make an exception here:
The studio responsible for the release of M. Night Shyamalan's latest hand-job should be sued by the the movie going public for reimbursement of ticket prices and any other related expenses on the grounds of false and misleading advertising. The Village is NOT a horror movie or anything close to that. The studio must have realised that had they advertised the movie for what it really was....pretentious, rambling, disjointed nonsense....no one would have wanted to see it. Who would spend $10.50 a seat to see a drawn out Twilight Zone episode about an Amish-like village of reclusive pilgrims (very reminiscent of Little House on the Prairie) surrounded by a forest inhabited by *imagined* boogeymen all in the middle of Pennsylvania (of all places). NOT !
One must admit that the obvious premise of this film (which is revealed in the *twist* in the last 30 minutes) might have been turned into a classic film had it been done by a master writer and director the likes of Steven King and the late Stanley Kubrick (The Shining). Unfortunately, Shyamalan has proven to be neither.
All in all The Village gets 0 points.
I (the sixth sense) II (signs) III (the village)
Three strikes and you are o-u-t.