Not what you'd expect

Rating: 9/10 (7 June 2005)

I admit when the movie first came out I was only going to see it because it looked like a good horror film, but after my brother came home after having seen it and telling me it wasn't worth it, I decided against seeing another horror let down.
But by chance this year my senior English class was on the topic of Utopian societies. We had read Handmaid's Tale over the summer and were apart to read Anthem. Before and while reading Anthem we watched the Village. As we progressed through this unit the similarities between the book Anthem and the Village were very obvious almost as if the script were taken right from the book. With some obvious changes and differences, the books theme is still a main theme in the movie
Realizing before seeing the movie that it wasn't meant for cheap thrills and scares, but was to depict a Utopian society on the verge of destruction at the hand of a curious man and courageous woman allowed me to see this movie for what it was intended to be.
Knowing that this film was not meant to be a horror film allowed me to enjoy it more and didn't leave a sour taste in my mouth as it had for many people when it appeared in theatres.