A brilliant movie for those who think outside the box.

Rating: Null/10 (17 August 2004)

I've read many, many reviews of The Village and must say I'm baffled that people would think this film is a bad one. I definitely heard b bad reviews as well as just a handful of rave reviews. I was skeptical of those who said The Village was horrible, however, as I heard the same about Unbreakable and Signs - both of which I thought were incredible films.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS TO FOLLOW
For those who say that the plot is flawed because of things in the story that are incongruous for the time that it is implied in the beginning it takes place, please look at The Sixth Sense. These are not flaws, they are hints...like the color red in the sixth sense was.
The writing is genius; an original plot from beginning to end. I am very good at predicting endings of movies and was totally blindsided by the twist at the end. Amazing!
You have to enjoy movies that are not typical Hollywood dribble. Sorry folks, no horror movie schlock here...no Hollywood cheese. This film is just that...a film; not a "movie". If you want to go see a summer movie filled with typical Hollywood crap, go see Anchorman or Spiderman 2 (which incidentally was also quite good, just overly commercialized).
Go see The Village - I assure you that you will be quite impressed, indeed!