The Village (2004)

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Release Date:

Jul 30, 2004

Runtime:

1hr 48m

Synopsis

A series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.

Letterboxd User Reviews

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3.4
  • May 30, 2025

    i’m sorry but it’s fabulous

    5.4K Likes
    itscharlibb
    itscharlibb
    Jul 21, 2021

    me and my friends in our little minecraft server

    4.0K Likes
    Wes
    Wes
    Sep 2, 2016

    "There are secrets in every corner... Do you not feel it? Do you not see it?" An achingly sad movie about the dangers of collectively denying the reality of tragedy and suffering and constructing a deceptive mythology of public misinformation for a presumed greater good.…

    3.9K Likes
    Josh Lewis
    Josh Lewis
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    Jul 5, 2015

    “How do you know he has feelings for me?” “He never touches you.”

    3.1K Likes
    I.V.
    I.V.
    Sep 25, 2015

    95/100 Serenely volatile cinema, and as gorgeously engulfing as anything M. Night Shyamalan has ever crafted. I usually try to not be one of those viewers that proclaims a particular film as "misunderstood" or "underrated", but I still can't fathom how the general…

    2.0K Likes
    SilentDawn
    SilentDawn
    Apr 21, 2021

    normally i think that talking about movies this way is a waste of time but i truly genuinely in my heart of hearts believe that if you don't like this movie it's because you're an idiot

    1.9K Likes
    esther
    esther
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    Jan 25, 2019

    the world moves for love

    1.5K Likes
    tru
    tru
    Jul 20, 2021

    why didn’t people like this. i don’t get it

    1.2K Likes
    Brianna
    Brianna
    Aug 2, 2015

    The camera, the editing, the score, the performers, the characters, all of them reaching out and having faith that they'll be pulled in the right direction. All guided by imperceptible senses, and appropriately erratic for them. The sad part is that they can never get…

    1.1K Likes
    esther
    esther

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Top Reviews
  • Lindsay
    Lindsay loved
    The Village

    I don’t care what anyone says; this movie is one of M. Night Shyamalan’s finest works. (I know, I know, that’s not saying a lot. Let me have this okay?)

    1 🔥 1 4Y
    Flaherty
    Flaherty liked
    The Village

    This was when the wheels started falling off the bandwagon Shymalan bandwagon. People kept expecting the twist of the 6th Sense. This didn't have one, but it's a great little movie that forces you to confront the small horrors we permit as a society to keep true brutality at bay.

    🔥 1 2Y
    Elizabeth
    Elizabeth liked
    The Village

    I really enjoyed this moving and finding out the lore behind it

    🔥 1 11M
  • Ryan Welsh
    Ryan Welsh is "meh" on
    The Village

    Kinda boring but good ending

    🔥 1 1Y
    Samuel Gutierrez
    Samuel Gutierrez liked
    The Village

    The cast good and the acting was solid. But the aesthetic of the movie just kinda sucks. And the beginning of the movie was rlly boring up until 50 mins.The plot twists were pretty good but it was kinda early to show them.it could have been better if they didn’t show noah so soon

    2M
    ChungiBoi
    ChungiBoi liked
    The Village

    This film’s biggest strength is its creepy atmosphere and weight of inclement danger. The problem for me is that even though the twists were surprising, they killed that atmosphere and tension for me. I think Shyamalan delivered what his goal was, it just didn’t fully work for me

    1Y
  • Morgan
    Morgan is "meh" on
    The Village

    huh… this is definitely… one of the m. night movies ever 💀 i tried my best to get into the drama they were setting up but my god it just dragged on and was boring and they didn’t do much to make the reveal of the twists feel satisfying like it was cool i guess but… too boring

    12M
    Noah Eto
    Noah Eto liked
    The Village

    Almost put this as loved. Super underrated, and i don't know why more people love this movie. The twist was surprising and a great shift to put Bryce Dallas Howard as the main character. I loved that the monster was never real. Made the mystery of it all more intriguing. 8/10

    1Y
    Bea
    Bea is "meh" on
    The Village

    3/5⭐️ I expected more from this film. I thought it was going to be more of a psychological horror movie, but it ended up being more of a thriller. It does have some mysterious elements and explores how people can manipulate others by making them believe that monsters exist.

    2Y

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Based on 40 Critics
6.7

USER SCORE (377)

Generally favorable reviews based on 377 Reviews
60

The film's payoff raises more questions than it answers, which may be Shyamalan's intent in this political parable of fear.

Richard Corliss
Time
40

This undeniably talented writer-director has been repeating himself with steadily decreasing potency ever since the wonderful The Sixth Sense, and his latest excursion does nothing to buck the trend.

Metacritic review by Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

Frequently Asked Questions

Is The Village (2004) (2004) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as PG-13, meaning that some material may be considered inappropriate for children under 13.
How long is The Village (2004) (2004)?
The movie is 1hr 48min long.
What's The Village (2004) (2004) about?
A series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.
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