The Village

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, Judy Greer, et al.

Set in rural Pennsylvania in the late 1800s, a town is isolated from the rest of the world by a menacing forest that contains terrifying creatures. When young love in the Village results in dangerous consequences, a young woman must confront her fears and enter the dark forest on a mission to bring back medicine to save her betrothed.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 786936242850
• Release Date: August 2011
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
• Director: M. Night Shyamalan
• Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, Judy Greer, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Jayne Atkinson, Bryce Howard, Brendan Gleeson, Jesse Eisenberg, Cherry Jones
• Runtime: 2 hours
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: AC-3; Closed-captioned; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; Full Screen; NTSC; Subtitled; THX
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"

Customer Reviews

We can move towards hope.

The story is borrowed from the book titled “Running Out of Time” by Margaret Peterson Haddix. It has been slightly modified for the screen by M. Night Shyamalan. Everyone lives a full life in a self-sufficient 1800s village. We live in a symbiosis with a mysterious species. However, we also live free from the evils that permeate those other villages beyond the forbidden forest. So, what happens when we violate the truce with the other species? The film is produced by M. Night Shyamalan, so there is no surprise in the formula or big picture. It is not hard to figure out the premise shortly into the story. However, there are several surprising twists along the way. The acting was surprisingly exceptional. We have well-known actors who have the ability not to let their personalities overwhelm their characters. The sets and period costumes were superb. You can see that there was a lot of time and money that went into them. You have the feeling that you are there. Although this film may not have achieved its potential in many eyes, it is probably one of the best-balanced and almost believable stories Shyamalan has shown us. It is more than just a tale, as we see how people relate to and can relate to stress and great joy.