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The Village (2004) -- The population of a small, isolated countryside village believe that their alliance with the mythical creatures that inhabit the forest around them is coming to an end.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   81,411 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
M. Night Shyamalan (written by)
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Release Date:
30 July 2004 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Their Days Of Peace Are Over (Denmark) more
Plot:
The population of a small, isolated countryside village believe that their alliance with the mysterious creatures that inhabit the forest around them is coming to an end. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations more
User Comments:
a very underrated movie more (1926 total)

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Also Known As:
Grey (Philippines: English title) (review title)
M. Night Shyamalan's The Village (USA) (promotional title)
The Woods (USA) (working title)
La aldea (Argentina) (Chile) (International: Spanish title) [es]
Le village (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
The Village - Das Dorf (Austria) (Germany) [de]
A Vila (Brazil) [pt]
El bosque (The village) (Spain) [es]
Köy (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Küla (Estonia) [et]
Kylä (Finland) [fi]
Osada (Slovakia) [sk]
Skoteino horio (Greece) [el]
Tainstvenniy les (Russia) [ru]
The village - Kylä (Finland) (DVD box title) [fi]
Vesnice (Czech Republic) [cs]
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for a scene of violence and frightening situations.
Runtime:
108 min
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1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:U | Brazil:14 | Japan:U | India:UA (cinema release) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Czech Republic:12 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A (original rating) | UK:12 (video rating) (2004) | USA:PG-13
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Trivia:
The role of Lucius Hunt was written for Joaquin Phoenix. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Ivy enters the woods to get help for Lucius, off in the distance through the trees you can see a pole with a bell on it, used by the villagers for warning purposes. This has been mistaken for a telephone pole and the bell as a transformer. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
August Nicholson: Who'll pinch me to wake me up? Who will laugh at me when I fall? Whose breath will I listen for so that I may sleep? Whose hand will I hold so that I may walk?
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FAQ

Where exactly was the movie filmed? Did they use historic buildings, or did they build everything?
This movie reminded me a lot of the book "Running out of Time" by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Did anyone else notice that?
I heard the original script for this film was stolen a year before it released. Is this true? Where can I read it?
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660 out of 853 people found the following comment useful.
a very underrated movie, 9 November 2004
9/10
Author: baba44713 from Croatia

I like clever movies, and I like scary movies. And because of my disposition I already spent money on two very awful movies that came from Hollywood this year: abysmal "Godsend" and at first glance promising but ultimately stupid and disappointing "The Forgotten".

That's why I proceeded with care to the latest Shyamalan's work: "The village". The trailer looked promising: a desolate turn-of-the-last-century village, sorrounded by the forest in which some horrible creatures live. Promising, but being careful lately, I first checked around the net...and was amazed to see a big load of negative reviews. Roger Ebert for instance, whose opinion I usually respect, gave it a horribly low grade! Great.

Nevertheless, I chose to see it, and I must say was quite pleasantly surprised. Here, ladies and gentlemen, you have a very nicely shot, atmospheric thriller with great cast, good story and a few finishing touches of Shyamalan's cleverness (which could be simply called brilliant when compared with the latest scripts that the Hollywood vomits over its audience!).

Why the lousy reviews? Well, there are basically two kinds of people that will want to see this movie: first the horror fans, who will expect a gruesome and chilling and potentially bloody tale, and the puzzle-movie fans, who are more or less not interested in the movie itself, but in "solving the latest Shyamalan's puzzle" of what the movie is all about.

The horror crowd will be disappointed. There are scares in this movie, but way too much characterization and drama for their taste. As for the other crowd, well people, the twist is there, but this time it's very guessable (although Shyamalan still has some tricks up his sleeve, as you'll see).

It seems that Shyamalan will always live in the shadow of his masterpiece "The 6th sense". People still remember getting their socks knocked off with its powerful ending, and keep expecting that to happen again with every following movie. What's worse, Hollywood realized that the twists are trendy, so lately we have lots of movies with a final twist, most of which are stupid/cheap/illogical. People today set their expectations too damn high, especially if they see Shyamalan's name at the movie poster.

This movie is great. The atmosphere is great, the cast is fantastic, and what I mostly love about it, it's clever. It's logical. And whatever you say about it, it's CONSISTENT. Compared to the other Hollywood crap we are getting served lately, this is a VERY good movie.

Watch this, but not as a puzzle, but as a great movie in itself.

Well, just my 2 cents.

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