The Village
2004, Mystery and thriller, 1h 49m
218 Reviews 250,000+ RatingsWhat to know
The Village is appropriately creepy, but Shyamalan's signature twist ending disappoints. Read critic reviews
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Ivy Walker
Lucius Hunt
Noah Percy
Edward Walker
Alice Hunt
August Nicholson
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Critic Reviews for The Village
All Critics (218) | Top Critics (55) | Fresh (94) | Rotten (124)
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It all comes to a head... in perhaps the greatest sequence Shyamalan has ever filmed.
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Shyamalan's films never send that chill up the bone on a second viewing. Worse, with Signs and The Village even the first viewing is becoming a bit of a yawn.
January 7, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… -
The entire solemn, portentous edifice that is The Village collapses of its own fake weight.
March 13, 2018 | Full Review… -
Frankly, if you believe this twaddle, you'll believe anything, and if you believe anything, you don't need to go to the films -- you can just sit at home and fantasise for free.
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Thought-provoking thriller too intense for some.
December 29, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Dangerously dour.
July 22, 2006 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Village
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Nov 26, 2017Atmospheric and full of intrigue, The Village is a suspense thriller from M. Night Shyamalan. The story follows a small, agrarian village that lives in peace with mysterious creatures that inhabit the woods that surround it, until a rebellious young man ventures too far into the woods, breaking the long-held truce between the village and the creatures. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, and Adrien Brody, the film has quite an impressive cast. Howard in particular is especially good; giving a remarkably compelling performance. And the writing does a good job at teasing out the mystery of the creatures and the village. But (because it's Shyamalan) a twist is expected from the start, and it ends up being a fairly predictable and underwhelming one. He even tries for a double twist that doesn't work at all. Yet despite its weak twist, The Village has an interesting message about violence and the pursuit of innocents and hope.Dann M Super Reviewer
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Jun 05, 2016As people keep saying, The Village was let down by its ending because it was promoted as a horror film. Ignore this and you do have a very creepy, mysterious movie, well acted and well shot. It is a decent film but doesn't really pull it off at the end.Peter B Super Reviewer
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Mar 27, 2016It's definitely an original idea and an original film. When I first saw the plot twist it made the film more realistic, but when you think about it more and more it starts to make no sense at all. Sometimes I had trouble understanding the medieval dialog of this movie. Most of the time the movie bored me.Tarin P Super Reviewer
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Jun 05, 2015Not the worst Shymalan film out there but it's a good thing I didn't see it in theaters when it came out. I would've been extremely disappointed. The Village has the potential to be an excellent film...if it was directed by someone else. It's not a bad story, but the revelations and twists (which are what Shymalan is known for, so this is ironic) are handled very badly. He chooses to reveal halfway through the film that the monsters aren't real, which is pointless, and totally ruins the suspense for the audience, since they're now aware that there's no danger to the characters. The whole "modern times" reveal is completely botched...I mean, you reveal that it's 2004 in the film by showing a park ranger in a jeep? Why the fuck would you do that? I can think of a dozen ways just off the top of my head that would be a better way to do this. So again, this isn't the worst film out there (or even the worst Shymalan film, thankfully), but it just could've been so much better.Stephen S Super Reviewer
The Village Quotes
| August Nicholson: | Let her go. If it ends, it ends. We can move towards hope, that's what's beautiful about this place. We cannot run from heartache. My brother was slain in the towns, the rest of my family died here. Heartache is a part of life, we know that now. Ivy is running toward hope, let her run. If this place is worthy, she'll be successful in her quest. |
| Edward Walker: | The world moves for love. It kneels before it in awe. |
| Lucius Hunt: | Are you upset you can't see? |
| Ivy Walker: | I see the world Lucius Hunt, not as you see it. |
| Lucius Hunt: | Are you upset you can't see? |
| Ivy Walker: | I see the world Lucius Hunt, not as you see it. |
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