WARNING SPOILERS

Rating: 1/10 (31 July 2004)

I put a spoiler warning...but seeing this film is perhaps the worst spoiler. The film reminded allot of Ayn Rand's book, "Anthem" if you took out some pages and spit on it. In fact I'd say Ayn Rand was better at characterization than M. Night.
I agree with others that it was a good idea, but sadly poorly executed.
We spend what seems like an eternity fallowing this man, Luscious. He is actually likable and has extreme potential...and then the film's resident fruitloop, Noah, stabs him. Noah has no motivation...he's just a literal basket case. This happens in the middle of the film.
There are a lot of plot threads that do not mesh, like how the girl's sister wanted to marry Luscious, but was denied.
The film gives it's self away by showing that the monster is only a suit, before she goes into the forest. It happens too soon, thus turning what was a really scary creature early on into a scare less tact.
It's devoid of any urgency or mystery once Luscious is injured. These people supposedly have no medicines yet Luscious is alive when he really should be dead.
Other senseless disasters from this film include, Noah dieing in the woods still within the suit, yet when the two boys come to tell the members of the counsel that they found him, the kids apparently didn't notice that Noah was inside the "creature" suit, when he died w/o the head piece on.
All other the "elders" where graduates from a help center, if the help center where any good they shouldn't have become anti-social and create this "Village" in the first place.
Wouldn't it have been easier to join the Amish? And is this kind of 'Village' really lacking that much security? If I climbed that fence what would the APF do, shoot and risk a bullet going into the village?
Don't see this film unless you enjoy disappointments and like watching characters that are unlikable.