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Signs (2002)

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Reviews Counted:9

Fresh:6

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.3/10

Consensus: With Signs, Shyamalan proves once again an expert at building suspense and giving audiences the chills.

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: It's contaminated. That's what pint-sized Bo (Abigail Breslin) says about every glass of water that she tries to drink, then rejects. This is just one in a long list of strange occurrences that are... It's contaminated. That's what pint-sized Bo (Abigail Breslin) says about every glass of water that she tries to drink, then rejects. This is just one in a long list of strange occurrences that are changing the lives of the Hess family. Things go awry when Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) and his brother, Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix), awake early one morning to find the dogs barking and the children--Bo, and her brother Morgan (Rory Culkin)--wandering bleary eyed in the corn fields. They discover a pattern of perfectly carved crop circles left the night before. Trying not to overreact, Graham ignores the media frenzy that has permeated all television and radio stations, and even shrugs off the oddly familiar information that Morgan reads in his book about extraterrestrials invading earth. The real challenge for Graham is to find the faith he needs to pull himself, and his family, through this unexplainable series of events. SIGNS is the long-anticipated film from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan (THE SIXTH SENSE, UNBREAKABLE), a suspenseful and uniquely chilling family story. [More]

Starring: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin

Starring: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, Cherry Jones, M. Night Shyamalan, Patricia Kalember

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Screenwriter: M. Night Shyamalan
Producer: Frank Marshall, Sam Mercer
Composer: James Newton Howard
Studio: Touchstone Pictures

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Shyamalan is technically a superb film-maker, for all that he's picked up most of his tricks from Spielberg and Hitchcock.

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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This talented and, at 32, very young director must now find new ideas -- maybe working with someone else's scripts. Because his film-making identity is in danger of fading.

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10/02/02
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Gibson is on top form, and there are some genuinely terrifying moments that will have you cowering behind your popcorn.

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08/26/02
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
BBC
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It's fair to speculate whether Shyamalan's persistence in replicating the otherworldly formula of The Sixth Sense might not be a futile and self-defeating exercise.

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08/02/02
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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The work of a born filmmaker, able to summon apprehension out of thin air.

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08/02/02
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Skillful as he is, Mr. Shyamalan is undone by his pretensions.

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08/01/02
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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As they used to say in the 1950s sci-fi movies, Signs is a tribute to Shyamalan's gifts, which are such that we'll keep watching the skies for his next project.

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08/01/02
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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A thrilling ride that will make you both scream with fear and shriek with laughter.

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08/01/02
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
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A truly chilling movie.

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07/29/02
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
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