Mine's 5-6 pages but then it's an academic CV so hardly relevant I guess.
Otherwise, yeah. If you need a fancy template you're just trying to cover for lack of content.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 11:45, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

The worst CV I've ever seen fell into our email filter.
It was from some guy who was billing himself as a graphic designer. He'd used a fancy template and put a load of graphics on it, including fake coffee cup rings etc. It just made him look like a cunt.

It fell into our filter because his spelling was awful. No amount of flash is going to make up for poor English on a CV.
( Kroney, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 11:48, Reply)

Oh, man, this
I've been sifting through application forms for 3 jobs I'm recruiting for. These are academic roles requiring PhDs; do you seriously think I'm going to consider you if you can't fill in the form correctly, can't spell and ignore questions you don't like?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 11:58, Reply)

As long as it's clearly formatted, though
that's pretty important
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 11:50, Reply)

Well, yeah
but anyone that needs a template to clearly format a document shouldn't be allowed fizzy drinks, let alone a job.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 11:52, Reply)

Why?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 12:03, Reply)

because "clearly formatted"
just means "readable"

If you can't make a readable document I suspect your problems are deeper than your CV content. Unless you have dyslexia or similar I guess.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 12:12, Reply)