Let this be the Movie "They Shall Never Speak Of"

Rating: 1/10 (8 September 2005)

The Irony: Escape from a society based on fear only to create a society that is based on fear. Who would have known? Who cares - really, for a movie based on symbolism, there is no message.
Things I could not stand about this movie: (1) the dialogue - the confused Pilgrim English quickly began to grind on my nerves; (2) Adrian Brody - as it has been said by others, he should return his Oskar for his performance in the Village; (3) the reason for establishing the village was noble enough - however, using fear to control the young, while the old had attempted to escape fear in their past lives was ridiculouse; (4) sending the blind daughter to get the medicine instead of sending one of the elders who could have easily done it without giving the secret away was pointless; and (5) finally, when the twist is given away (i.e., the brother had purchased a get away for the hippies), it was a letdown - not because it was predictable, but because the movie garnered no compassion or empathy for the cause.