Surprisingly Strong Movie

Rating: 9/10 (25 August 2004)

I disagree with the poster above. "The Village" is a M. Night Shyamalan movie, and of course there is a twist. I doubt that he will ever succeed as directly as in "The Sixth Sense," but "The Village" has well-developed characters, and is less implausible than "Signs," in my opinion his worst movie. Further, the first hour or so is intensely suspenseful, and Ron Howard's daughter (I think) Bryce Howard is very compelling in the lead role.
This movie is another of Shyamalan's thrillers- better than some, but not his strongest. That said, I enjoyed it much more than many of the somewhat negative reviews indicated.