Thoughtful, excellent film, despite the critics' reviews!

Rating: 10/10 (14 August 2005)

Finally got around to seeing The Village - what a truly great film! Kind of an atmospheric and thoughtful combination of "Babette's Feast" and "The Truman Show" or "Eternal Sunshine."
What's with Roger Ebert and some of those other negative reviews? Obviously they didn't connect with the film for some reason - or they were predisposed against Shyamalan going into The Village. Maybe they didn't like Signs?
When a film successfully encompasses you in its world and has you thinking about it for days afterwards, it is a success in my book. I was totally absorbed in the world that Shyamalan created and I'm looking forward to his future films.