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Signs (2002)

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Reviews Counted:218

Fresh:161

Rotten:57

Average Rating:6.8/10

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

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

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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Tale of strangeness in the heartland is scary, funny and superbly shot -- and proves another winner for Shyamalan.

Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
08/02/02
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

I've already seen this one twice, and it was even better the second time.

Full Review Source: Supercala.com | comment Comment
08/02/02
John Venable
John Venable
Supercala.com

M. Night Shyamalan's given us another thought-provoking movie that makes you jump. Grab your aluminum foil hat and swing away.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
08/02/02
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

If I myself find anything worth worshipping, it’s the creative genius of people like M. Night Shyamalan, at whose feet I am not worthy to grovel.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
08/02/02
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

Signs has the heart that was lacking in Unbreakable, but stumbles badly in its treatment of the paranormal, in this case "X-Files" / "Twilight Zone" sci-fi.

Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | comment Comment
08/02/02
Steven D. Greydanus
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

... Shyamalan's style is surprisingly graceless, as if paralyzed by a smothering sense of purpose...

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
08/01/02
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Bill Paxton's 'Frailty,' with similar intentions but a meaner streak, did it all so much better.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
08/01/02
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Those who can buy into [Shyamalan's spiritual] hypothesis will accept 'Signs' more fully than those who might find it a somewhat facile simplification

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
08/01/02
Arthur Lazere
Arthur Lazere
culturevulture.net

Shyamalan delivers Old School filmmaking at its best ... but also an ending that doesn't hold any water.

Full Review Source: Des Moines Register | comment Comment
08/01/02
Jeffrey Bruner
Jeffrey Bruner
Des Moines Register

The film's underlying themes dovetail efficiently with the action but don't generate the emotional gut punch the movie needs; overall it feels padded and logy.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/01/02
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Eerie, plaintive and creatively assured.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
08/01/02
Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Skillful as he is, Mr. Shyamalan is undone by his pretensions.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/01/02
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Not as good as the Sixth Sense but much better than Unbreakable. Great score.

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
08/01/02
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

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.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
08/01/02
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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For most of its footage, the new thriller proves that director M. Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp, shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
08/01/02
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News

If you go into the theater expecting a scary, action-packed chiller, you might soon be looking for a sign. An EXIT sign, that is.

Full Review Source: Fantastica Daily | comment 2 Comments
08/01/02
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
Fantastica Daily

A moody horror/thriller elevated by deft staging and the director's well-known narrative gamesmanship.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Daily News | comment Comment
08/01/02
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News

Unlike the lumbering and portentous Unbreakable, Shyamalan's Signs is a satisfyingly taut suspenser.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
08/01/02
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

In the end, Signs is all about faith: the characters' faith in each other, Shyamalan's faith in us and, best of all, our faith in the movies' ability to make us believe in the impossible.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
08/01/02
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

The sort of philosophical marriage that hasn't been seen since `The X-Files' paired alien conspiracy theories with Agent Scully's fragile Catholicism.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
08/01/02
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)
 
 
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