The Village - 7

I really like story and ideas that this movie engages. It is the question of the separating line between good and evil. Is it an external thing from a community or internal to it? These are good questions, and Shyamalan engages them well. This film is a much better sociological study than most movies similar to it, and is actually somewhat similar to The Stepford Wives. It is about a community that has separated itself, because of the belief that the good life cannot be had in mass, but instead in small communities of families. Because of the previews, people have the idea that this is a horror, it is not. It has suspenseful elements due to the way the story is told, which is done well, and is M. Night Shyamalan's signature (His other movies are good as well, The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs). This film also has very believable characters, It will definitely be a conversation starter about how we choose to live life, how we form communities, and long for better lives of future generations.