108 minutes of my life I'll never get back

Rating: Null/10 (5 August 2004)

I have never been more disappointed in a movie.While I do get the whole deep inner meaning(seriously reaching out on a limb here, looking for the silver lining) to The Village, I feel cheated.It's my fault that I went into the theatre with preconceived notions about the film and that I was actually looking forward to a good scare, but c'mon!!What was that, a mediocre romance?? (I must say though that Bryce Dallas Howard did a fantastic job in her portrayal of Ivy)I believe that I have had my fill of M. Night Shyamalan movies.I keep asking myself , what drew brilliant actors like Joaquin Phoenix and William Hurt and Bryce Dallas Howard to wanna make this film??