The Village

"There is no turning back"

2004 1h 48m EN

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6.5

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43%

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6.6

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★6.5TMDB · 4,747🥫43%Rotten Tomatoes●44Metacritic★6.6IMDB · 290,036

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Synopsis

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When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.

“There is no turning back”

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Cast

Bryce Dallas Howard
Ivy Walker
Joaquin Phoenix
Lucius Hunt
Adrien Brody
Noah Percy
William Hurt
Edward Walker
Sigourney Weaver
Alice Hunt
Brendan Gleeson
August Nicholson
Cherry Jones
Mrs. Clack
Celia Weston
Vivian Percy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Writers: M. Night Shyamalan, Brick Mason, Narges Takesh
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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4 / 8

CAST

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201+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, shot by Roger Deakins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Christopher Tellefsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Bryce Dallas Howard and Joaquin Phoenix and Adrien Brody carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

M. Night Shyamalan directs. Roger Deakins behind the camera. James Newton Howard scores. Christopher Tellefsen cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.
3Released 22 years ago.
4201+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, shot by Roger Deakins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Christopher Tellefsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Bryce Dallas Howard and Joaquin Phoenix and Adrien Brody carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "There is no turning back".
10IMDB entry: tt0368447 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 11 themes, including "pennsylvania, usa", "twist", "forest", "rural area".
12Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Original score: James Newton Howard
Editing: Christopher Tellefsen
Production design: Tom Foden
Costume design: Ann Roth
Makeup / hair: Brian Hillard
VFX supervisor: Eric Brevig
Sound: Frank E. Eulner
Stunt coordinator: Jeff Habberstad
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $60,000,000
Box office: $256,700,000
Return: 428% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Village (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes: 43% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 44/100
IMDB rating: 6.6/10 · 290,036 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 24 nominations total

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John Chard2019-02-07
★ 8/10
A lovely shot tale that has resonance in the modern age. This user comment is my own personal feelings, it is not a review that I make in the hope of turning anyone's opinion to that of my own, no mater what anyone says or does, my feelings for the film will never change. I see a smartly crafted movie about fear and hope, a community living in fear of the outside world, I see involving characters to follow with interest, I see a gorgeous setting that intrigues and engages me. Manoj Night Shyamalan's fourth mainstream picture is now, as we can all agree, a victim of a terrible marketing campaign, wasn't it? For there are horror elements in the film, of which I don't wish to spoiler write about, the horror elements are there, they just aren't the boo jump scary monster variety that many had hoped for. The ending to the film disappoints many it would seem, but it doesn't to me because it is here that the film has most resonance and the point is well and truly made. It's acted out with style from the majority of the cast, and Shyamalan directs with a steady caring approach. It's not without flaws for sure, but this is a very tidy piece that's saying quite a bit if the viewer is so inclined to jump on board. All told, it's a very solid and thought provoking piece that's made with much film making care. 8/10
Kamurai2020-09-27
★ 8/10
Great watch, will watch again, and can recommend. Being this is in the Shamallama-verse, it catches a lot of flak for having a "twist", and being a bit of a intellectual weight lift, but even knowing the "twist", I find it to be a very interesting watch. A blind protagonist is immediately interesting to me because it tends to lend itself to the non-traditional elements of a movie and is usually very refreshing for those of us that watch a lot of movies. Bryce Dallas Howard, especially, does much of the heavy lifting in this movie, but there really is a stacked cast that all give a good amount of quality support through their roles: it's not just about the blind girl travelling for days through the woods, it is about the community. Stories that focus on things larger than a single person as a "character" tend to lose people as they like to immerse themselves in a character and still feel they're bigger than the world in the setting. The initial concept of a "big bad wolf" in the woods is interesting, but they do go a different way with it: they're almost a society of creatures the way they're given to behave where werewolves might have actually been a more effective choice for a "monster". Likely this has been spoiled for you, but if not, then you should definitely give it a shot, and if so, then you should see how it is for yourself.