The Village (2004)


The Village (2004)

The Village (2004)

The Village (2004)

The Village (2004)

The Village (2004)

The Village (2004)

The Village (2004)

The Village (2004)


The Village (2004)


Director: M. Night Shyamalan


Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard as Ivy Walker, Joaquin Phoenix as Lucius Hunt, Adrien Brody as Noah Percy, William Hurt as Edward Walker, Sigourney Weaver as Alice Hunt, Brendan Gleeson as August Nicholson, Cherry Jones as Mrs. Clack, Celia Weston as Vivian Percy, John Christopher Jones as Robert Percy, Frank Collison as Victor, Jayne Atkinson as Tabitha Walker, Judy Greer as Kitty Walker, Fran Kranz as Christop Crane, Michael Pitt as Finton Coin, Jesse Eisenberg as Jamison



Shyamalan has enlisted an impressive cast in this film who all give fun
performances. Unfortunately, like the plot itself, the great cast is
ultimately left to dry. I'm beginning to wonder if Shyamalan makes the
same film over and over again. The films always open with such promise,
creepy, suspenseful. Like with his other films this one revolves around
the "suprise" plot twist, but this time around it doesn't quite work.
The "surprise" is pretty obvious and revealed much too early, pretty
much killing the suspense.

The film is beautifully shot, but all visual quotation of classic
landscape paintings seem to distance the viewer more than bring them
into the story. Sometimes the film sweeps you away with its
sensuousness, but in the end it leaves you feeling cheated.

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