A hard movie to rate...

Rating: 7/10 (30 July 2004)

And an even harder movie to describe. Actually, there's a brief description on this site, and I'm not about to give away spoilers, so I'm not even going to even try to describe the plot. Instead, I'll concentrate on describing my opinion of the movie.
For starters, anyone who disliked Shyamalan's last three movies (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs) will obviously dislike this one, as well. And anyone (such as myself) who enjoyed the last three, should of course enjoy this one. For those who only enjoyed one or two of them, you're on your own- I have no idea whether or not you'll enjoy The Village.
I felt that this was a typical Shyamalan movie: superb direction and acting, tension that you could cut with a knife, and of course, the twist ending. Like the others, it is slow and methodical without ever becoming boring, and is filled with suspense. In my opinion, this one had a better ending than Signs, but it was still not wholly satisfactory (I will say that I was completely fooled).
Overall, I'll give it a score of 8/10.