The Village (2019)

NBC | Release Date: March 19, 2019

5.5	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Ratings

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ConnieOMay 14, 2019

This show is one of the best to come along in several decades... Contrary to D'Addario's inaccurate review, The Village has several actors who are stellar when delivering the lines given to them. Frankie Faison, Lorraine Toussaint, andThis show is one of the best to come along in several decades... Contrary to D'Addario's inaccurate review, The Village has several actors who are stellar when delivering the lines given to them. Frankie Faison, Lorraine Toussaint, and Dominic Chianese are all seasoned actors who play their characters with nuance, passion and real believability. As a seasoned Drama TV viewer, I have been completely drawn in by their compelling and sensitive character portrayals week to week. Warren Christie, Michaela McManus, Daren Kagasoff and Grace Van Dien as the younger set of actors all are excellent in their roles and ignite the viewer's compassion and interest in wanting to see more of their life-touching life stories. There is something for everyone in The Village as the writing is current, topical and brilliant. The premise of the show is very unique as it explores the varied, complex and intertwining lives of those who live in one single apartment building. All of these lives appear to be quite ordinary until the viewer is given an up close and in-depth view of each character. This is when the character's lives then take on real meaning as the superficial assumptions are peeled away to reveal human beings who we, as the viewers, can all relate to from similar experiences in our own lives. The Village is a Thinking Person's show and takes the time to develop its characters with a fine, full-bodied approach much like a seasoned fine wine. It is a finely written dramatic series that has great potential to go the distance like the award-winning, "This Is Us" TV series. It is also a welcome respite from all the formulaic sitcoms with canned audience laughter that are a bane to most TV viewer's existence. I hope the studio execs realize the brilliance of The Village and green light it for several more seasons. Give us, as the viewers, stellar shows like this so that we are less inclined to watch the non-network channels or surf the net/play video games on our computers. The major networks ratings have been declining for years because TPTB appear to have lost their ability to recognize superior, quality shows like The Village. Do the right thing and renew it for the foreseeable future.… Expand