More Than a Horror Story

Rating: 8/10 (28 May 2005)

M. Night Shyamalan offers another thriller fraught with twists in "The Village." The story sees the residents of a little isolated village who fear a horde of monsters in the surrounding woods. At least, that's the way things seem on the surface. As the story unwinds, so many secrets are revealed. What are the creatures in the woods? Why exactly did the people leave "the towns"? What are the village elders hiding? Shyamalan lets us know that things are not quite what they seem. The thriller is filled with an all-star cast, including William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Adrien Brody, Joaquin Phoenix, and the breakout star, Bryce Dallas Howard as brave blind girl Ivy Walker. Watch "The Village" with an open mind. It might surprise you!