Shyamalan's most mature and least showy film to date.
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07/30/04
The Village (2004)
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Reviews Counted:194
Fresh:82
Rotten:112
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: The Village is appropriately creepy, but Shyamalan's signature twist ending disappoints.
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: M. Night Shyamalan's THE VILLAGE finds the renowned writer-director crafting a suspenseful story of a small community whose inhabitants are plagued by fear of the unknown forest that surrounds... [More]
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Reviews for The Village
121 - 140 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
A more interesting movie than those two most recent Shyamalan films.
07/30/04
There will be worse movies this summer than The Village, but few ultimately as silly.
07/30/04
A good looking and well-paced oddity that's marketed as a thriller ... but manages to stand on its own legs as a touching romance
07/30/04
A Grimm brothers fairy tale taken to the Outer Limits.
07/30/04
Shyamalan's plotting is spotty, especially in the less-than-satisfying finale, but his textural touches are strong.
07/30/04
In his desire to repeat a previously winning formula, Shyamalan this time delivers a dud.
07/30/04
What The Village says about human behavior is more chilling than any plot twist.
07/30/04
I can read the Signs. I have a Sixth Sense that M. Night's winning streak is not Unbreakable - The Village is the proof.
07/30/04
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07/30/04
Top CriticWhile The Village might not blow the door off its hinges in terms of frightening you, it does something more significant: It leaves the door ajar, beckoning us to enter a different realm.
07/30/04
Might have made a good 20-minute short or Twilight Zone episode.
07/30/04
All this craftsmanship and a very fine performance by Howard, however, is in the service of a story that unlike Shyamalan's previous films contains no underlying themes or ideas.
07/30/04
More trick than treat.
07/30/04
A frustrating, self-indulgent exercise in Twilight Zone trickery that leaves the audience holding the bag, wondering what happened to the picture they paid money to see.
07/30/04
The Village is a colossal miscalculation, a movie based on a premise that cannot support it, a premise so transparent it would be laughable were the movie not so deadly solemn.
07/30/04
Top CriticThe Village shows that [M. Night Shymalan] has matured both as a storyteller and a filmmaker.
07/30/04
Spoiler Right Here: Ben Stiller is in the woods.
07/30/04
what will moviegoers think when they realize they've actually bought a ticket to an atmospheric but mostly mellow romance that delivers only a few jolts?
07/30/04
discerning filmgoers will be able to see the film for what it really is: an embarrassing and underhanded attempt to manipulate the emotions of the audience.
07/30/04
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