Why PG-13?

Rating: 5/10 (15 January 2005)

The Village was not what I had expected. I expected another scary movie where I would jump up during the scary parts, and want to hide my eyes because I could not face the fear. Yet, this movie had less than 3 scary moments (none worthy of a scream), 1 blind woman, 1 mentally retarded person, and a big fence.
The point of having this village area was because the starters believed the outside world was a bad bad place, so they secluded themselves and families inside a town surrounded by woods. They told stories for the children saying the woods had "things they could not speak of" in there, that would kill if you entered. Later on, this idea would go from PG-13 down to PG. Except for ugly monsters, and some scenes with blood, this movie should never have been questioned above the PG mark. Some of the scenes, yes, were hard to follow and understand, but this is why it is PG! Parental Guidance, which means when you (the 6 year old) is confused, you ask you parental guardian what the heck is going on.
5/10. Half will like it, the other half will wander off getting food like I did.