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Rating: 2/10 (18 August 2004)

Shyamalan's best? That's like being the tallest man in Tokyo. Yet another beautiful piece of crap from a fifth rate Hitchcock. (and at fifth I am being generous) Just like his other films, the cinematography is excellent. Unfortunately, just like his other films, there are plot holes big enough to drive a truck through! Shyamalan treats his audience like idiots who haven't the capacity to reason. (and judging from many of the comments they do suffer from this) I thought the stupidity reached a high point in Signs. (Think people-aliens to whom water is poisonous invade a planet that's 80% water?!!! Not to mention that star spanning aliens can easily be kept at bay with a sack or two of seeds??!!!) The Village follows in Shyamalan's typical dark foreboding style, and like the others creates so many incredibly dumb moments, that you are so busy going over the sheer idiocy of events and characters in your head, that you fail to notice much when the movie fizzles out. Please, don't let him write or direct again!!!!