the village idiots

Rating: 2/10 (18 February 2005)

What is the point of film making if it doesn't amuse, shock, entertain, make one think or have an emotional impact on the viewer. This little film has nothing going for it.
Any one of the cast of Little House on the Prairie could have walked on screen costumed up and not seemed out of place. The trailers don't reveal how dull a film this is.
I just wanted to scream "do something!" but nothing ever happens. The screenplay makes Shakespeare seem short and to the point. The film looks awful too. Mustard cloaks!? NO! What a waste of 2 hours to get to a reveal that can be forecast in the first hour with the whining of the elders of the village to the listless young inhabitants. Americans might find this frightening as they have a morbid fear of country folk, for the rest of us please don't bother as ultimately you'll just end up feeling flat.