he copied a children's book

Rating: 8/10 (30 July 2004)

I usually love his movies. Shyamalan has a way of twisting the picture up-side-down, connecting the pieces like a jigsaw puzzle. Don't get me wrong, the Village was beautifully written, executed, filmed, just plain beautiful. However, the film had way to many similarities to a book i read as a child. Without ruining the twisted ending,( that wasn't as twisted as one would have hoped) i will simply say that the story shares the plot line with the young adult book called "Running Out Of Time", by Margaret Peterson Haddix. I cant say anymore without ruining the movie. I would tell someone to definitely see the movie, the acting is great, its all great. But when you step out of the movie, go to a book store and read the book. i guarantee you'll come to the same conclusion i did.