The Village

Rating: 10/10 (18 April 2005)

The Village is a wonderful film,that I thoroughly enjoyed the first time I watched it,I have since seen it again and watched the special features on the DVD.It is a wonderfully constructed piece with some great acting from all the stars involved. I think is underrated as a piece overshadowed by the director's other works,but it should not be. As a stand alone work, it is in my opinion a masterpiece and should be enjoyed as such. Like a lot of SHYAMALAN's films the story has a twist in the tail,because from the outset you believe the setting is back in a previous time,and not until the last quarter do you see that it is in fact set in modern times.The people chose to go and live where they are and how because of previous events that are kept from you until near the end.