No surprise - SPOILERS

Rating: 7/10 (20 September 2004)

If the movie would have been directed by anyone but M Night, perhaps the movie would have had a completely different impact on me. Since I saw the great "Sixth Sense" for the first time I haven't seen another movie that have fooled me in the same way it did. M Night Shyamalans other films (Unbreakable, Signs) were trash! It seems to me that he tries to use the same kind of twists and turn in every movie he does.
When I saw the trailer for "The Village" I suspected that the twist would be that they are living in present time but hoped that M Night had something up his sleeve that could fool me as he did in "Sixth Sense". But unfortunately "The Village" failed to deliver something new. Still, I rate this movie 6/10 thanks to great acting performances by Phoenix and Howard along with nice camera-work.