After reading a handful of horrendous reviews for The Village, I decided to skip it, but not before searching online to see if I could learn the twist ending without actually having to sit through the movie itself. (I'm a cultural critic, after all; it's my job to know these things.) I wouldn't dream of revealing the ending here, of course, but I should note that a careful perusal of the cast and crew listing on imdb.com should give the secret away.