not exactly what I would call a breakthrough

Rating: 1/10 (2 August 2004)

M. Night Shyamalan, writer/director of "The Sixth Sense", "Signs", and "Unbreakable" has come up with an idea in 2004 called "The Village". I felt I really wanted to see this movie when I first saw the coming attractions for it, but personally, as more and more bad reviews about this movie showed up on IMDb, I was a little unsure about this motion picture. I expected this movie to be about an endangered village located in Pennsylvania, and when I entered the theater for it, I expected a chilling, spine-tingling frightening movie. But what I got was a bag of green slop. I expected there to be a meaning in this movie, as all the others of Shyamalan's movies are. But I must say, I was a little impressed with the story, but the special effects were absolutely despicable. The monster looked like he was made out of plastic; I've had dry hands that looked scarier than that. I have to admit that a few parts made me jump, but during others, I was laying in the seat, ready to fall asleep. Normally, in all Shyamalan's movies, there is a surprise ending that shakes your spine, but in this movie, there was a quote from one of the characters, and then "An M. Night Shyamalan Film" showed up on the screen. I haven't seen so much disappointment in a movie in my whole entire life. Please take my advice, don't waste your time or money on this crap. 0/10*