traumatizing

Rating: 1/10 (5 July 2005)

The village is possibly the most disappointing film i've ever seen. immediately the audience is deterred by the disastrous script at which one finds himself/herself cringing at the hap-hazard attempts at older Pennsylvanian speech (which can be explained by the conclusion - but we don't know that while we're subjected to hearing it!).
Added to this is how pathetically "those we do not speak of" (a title which contends in idiocy with the "younglings" of Star Wars episode III) are presented to the audience; besides looking like inside out fish with porcupine spines the techniques used to create tension around them is unoriginal and ineffective. Such clichéd methods as passing an image quickly across the screen accompanied by a spontaneous loud noise does nothing more than wake the audience members who have already fallen asleep.
If this isn't bad enough, the film loses all credibility with lines the would be more appropriately suited to Scooby Doo, such as when Noah claims that she will be protected by magic rocks - come on!
The actors' contribution hardly helps to lift this cinematic tragedy out of the hole into which it was sure to fall. Adrien Brody, whose performance I have never before been dissatisfied by, cannot distinguish whether his character has Downs or is simply mad, and needless to say neither can the audience.
If there's one film you see this summer make sure its not this one for you will be utterly disgusted and disappointed and most likely to such an extent that you will decide not to get one next season.