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Original title: Village, The Directed by
M. Night Shyamalan Written by
M. Night Shyamalan Cast
Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver [more]
Release Date
• USA: Jul 30, 2004
• UK: 20 Aug 2004
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 11, 2005
• R2: 31 Jan 2005
Budget USD 60,000,000
BoxOffice: $99.9M
Official Website:
The Village Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for a scene of violence and frightening situations.
Running Time
1 hour, 48 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Touchstone Pictures, Blinding Edge Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Covington Woods Pictures Inc.
Studio Buena Vista Pictures
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• The Village (2004)
• The Woods
• Grey
• M. Night Shyamalan's The Village
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The Village Reviews |
As with his other films, "The Village" has deeper themes than its fun surface story would suggest, this time involving pain and loss. But they are not realistically realized, nor even examined beyond a few cursory lines of dialogue. Shyamalan has followed his own template, but neglected to fill in the most important parts. The movie is a disappointment. [read review] C+
--Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
"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. It's a flimsy excuse for a plot, with characters who move below the one-dimensional and enter Flatland. [read review] 
--Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
The Village is the first Shyamalan thriller that eliminates the sense of fear movie-goers would take home with them when it reveals the creatures weren’t real. This was the key that made Shymalan thrillers classics to so many people. Whether it is political allegory or just pure coincidence, anyway you slice it The Village is a drawn out disappointment. [read review] C+
--Joseph Kastner (MovieJustice)
The Village asks more questions than it answers, cloaks itself in cinematic tricks and proves once again that writer-director M Night Shyamalan has a colossal nerve. It is also the most exciting, engrossing and thought-provoking mainstream movie of 2004. [read review] 
--Nev Pierce (BBC Films)
Shyamalan's latest “style over substance” production relies on another of his trademark plot twists, but based on such a tissue paper premise that Touchstone Pictures is rushing to recoup as much box office as possible the first couple of weekends beforenegative word of mouth overwhelms the film. [read review] 
--John Nesbit (CultureDose.net)
As with all Shaymalan's films, it would be cruel to give away too many pieces of the puzzle or any of the many twists and turns. However, this is the great downfall of "The Village." Instead of a creepy-campfire tale, which many fans have come to expect [read review] 
--Lyle Henretty (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
"The Village" is Shyamalan's weakest story, and its ending - whether or not you're surprised by it - is a genuine clinker. ... Though the movie has a sleek, atmospheric look, it plays like an extended "Twilight Zone" episode... [read review] 
--Jack Mathews (New York Daily News)
The Village, for all its various matters of subject, is as meandering as a woodland stream, though every bit as effective in direction, mood, performance, scares and heart as any cinephile or Shyamalan fan might dare to hope. [read review]
--Christopher Monfette (MovieWeb)
It's a love-it-or-hate-it sort of movie, depending primarily on how certain third act revelations hit you. But even detractors must admit that Shyamalan does a fantastic job of establishing the mood of this small town. [read review] 
--David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)
The fourth major movie by M. Night Shyamalan, "The Village," suffers disappointingly from the progressively diminishing returns - and shocks - that have followed his first, the sublime "The Sixth Sense." [read review]
--Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
To call it underwhelming would be an overstatement. This is a lack of effort. It offers nothing to think about other than how desperate the director was to continue a streak of surprise endings. [read review] D+
--Craig Younkin (Lee's Movie Info)
Though it’s a different film than what was expected, I have a lot of respect for those who dare to be different, and as a result The Village is one of my favorite films of this year. [read review] B+
--Lee Tistaert (Lee's Movie Info)
Shyamalan is a master of mood, tone and style, like Hitchcock, and keeps the scary bits off screen, which in this desensitized world, makes them all the more frightening. [read review] 80/100
--Jamie Gillies (Apollo Guide)
M. Night Shyamalan delivers his usual excellence in carefully crafted directing, but for those expecting non-stop monsters or dead people, you might be disappointed. [read review] B+
--Jason Kaplan (Lee's Movie Info)
The real mystery at the heart of M. Night Shyamalan's latest: How does he persuade actors like Sigourney Weaver and Adrien Brody to act in his supremely lame movies? [read review]
--Stephanie Zacharek (Salon)
The Village is a movie about loyalty, tradition, fear and love. This is one of the best movies of the year right now. M. Night Shyamalan, you win, yet again! [read review] 
--Brian Gallagher (MovieWeb)
I'm still not really sure how I feel about this movie, but one thing that I am sure about is that it's my least favorite M. Night Shyamalan film so far. [read review] 6/10
--'JoBlo' (JoBlo.com)
The Village does just miss the mark of being a good film, primarily due to it being more an exercise in trickery than it is in thematic elements. [read review] 
--Vince Leo (Qwipster.net)
In its own bizarre way, this is a masterpiece. And, as long as the product isn’t offensive, a way is a way, and this one works for me. [read review]
--Danny Baldwin (BucketReviews.com)
THE VILLAGE is not the classic that THE SIXTH SENSE or UNBREAKABLE were, but it's nowhere near the dog some are making it out to be. [read review]
--Scott W. Davis (HorrorExpress.com)
like a Twilight Zone episode without the stinging irony, much less the streamlined delivery that magnifies the effect. [read review] 
--Andrea Chase (Killer Movie Reviews)
The Village is writer/director M. Night Shyamalan's attempt to combine the Brothers Grimm with The Twilight Zone. [read review] 
--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
The Village is both atmospheric and beautifully shot, but the end result is deeply disappointing. [read review]
--Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
As a failure, The Village is certainly interesting, but a failure it stubbornly remains. [read review] C
--Rob Vaux (Flipsidemovies.com)
Shyamalan’s got a cast and story that are nothing short of wonderful. [read review]
--Lori Kapes (MovieWeb)
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