It's all about our expectations.

Rating: 8/10 (15 July 2005)

After seeing previous Shyamalan films, I'm a little dumbfounded that I did not see this one coming either. Shyamalan seems pretty savy at using audience expectations. It puts him in pretty extraordinary film company (Hitchcock, etc.).
What is wonderful about this film is many of the same things that are also wonderful about "The Sixth Sense" or "Signs". Scenes that are given time to develop. A certain rhythm. Untold mysteries that never quite get explained.
And really quite wonderful to see such a powerful performance by William Hurt, who has been missing in action for awhile.
Well, if you enjoyed "Signs" or "Sixth Sense" because you had about given up on film making of that order, you will not be disappointed by "The Village".