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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: All this craftsmanship and a very fine performance by Howard, however, is in the service of a story that unlike Shyamalan's previous films contains no underlying themes or ideas. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: A frustrating, self-indulgent exercise in Twilight Zone trickery that leaves the audience holding the bag, wondering what happened to the picture they paid money to see. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: A film of great elegance and skill that's often delicious to watch, but its surprises don't surprise; in fact, they fall a little flat. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: A sometimes engrossing shocker with a surprise ending that isn't especially shocking or surprising. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: This is bad, amateur work given a superficial veneer of professionalism. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: The Village doesn't pack quite the punch of The Sixth Sense, but it's equal to Shyamalan's last two films. Read more
Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The Village pales next to the crackerjack ghost story of The Sixth Sense but excels far beyond the psychobabbling in Unbreakable. Read more
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: The Village often wavers, but it never completely fades away. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: A Grimm brothers fairy tale taken to the Outer Limits. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: It's tedious instead of provocative and so unconvincing as to be preposterous. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: Shyamalan's best film since The Sixth Sense. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: While The Village might not blow the door off its hinges in terms of frightening you, it does something more significant: It leaves the door ajar, beckoning us to enter a different realm. Read more
Mark Harris, Entertainment Weekly: What really lurks within those woods is (fear not: no spoilers here) a very mixed bag. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Not only is The Village not credible, its shallowness makes it dislikable. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: The film has a strong, sometimes jolting musical score. But the song that will go through many viewers' minds is never sung in the movie. It's that old Peggy Lee standard, Is That All There Is? Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: For my money, 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. Read more
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: Dangerously dour. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: For those who just want a good scare, rest assured the best (and worst) of it comes across as Wait Until Dark meets The Blair Witch Project. Read more
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: There is no doubt that Shyamalan is a gifted director who knows how to push audience buttons, but heavy-handed horror shows like this one make the man behind the camera seems less an artist than a huckster. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: The Village is Shyamalan's weakest story. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: Another mediocre lunacy from the overrated M. Night Shyamalan. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: In his latest foray into the realm of the supernatural, M. Night Shyamalan turns an artful gothic tale into a homework assignment. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Far more interesting as a trip than a destination. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: For those who like the director's body of work, appreciate The Twilight Zone, and have a high suspension of disbelief threshold, The Village is likely to satisfy. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Shyamalan, far from being a master of suspense, hasn't yet figured out that the shadowy things you glimpse out of the corner of your eye are always scarier than those you're allowed to gaze upon directly. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Shyamalan, as usual functioning as writer, director and producer, plays on our expectations like a virtuoso while subverting them. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: It's the lack of a genuine wizard behind the curtain that robs The Village of much of its suspense, but the movie has merits that go beyond goosebumps. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: Though it's not as contrived as 2000's Unbreakable, The Village disappoints. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: So meaningless and distanced in its details that it hardly stands a chance of wooing even the most willing fellow traveler. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: The Village proves two things: [Shyamalan] is a master of the old-school film craft that emphasizes atmosphere and character over action; and he is riding a one-trick pony and that poor pony is nearly dead. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: A bewildering disappointment. Read more