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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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some frightening moments

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Theatrical Release:Aug 2, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $227,935,522

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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More than any other filmmaker working today, M. Night Shyamalan connects with his audience and his characters in a totally unique way to transport us so effortlessly into the world of 'what ifs.'

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
08/12/02
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

Maybe I feel let down because I'd appreciate someone presenting a halfway credible explanation for the crop circles and this does nothing more than to drain away some of their fascination in a commercially successful maneuver to exploit.

Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
08/12/02
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

...knows it is what you don’t know that’s scary.

Full Review Source: NutzWorld | comment Comment
08/11/02
Blake French
Blake French
NutzWorld

[Shyamalan's] a skilled flashlight-guy, and movie theaters are his campfires.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
08/11/02
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

Shyamalan wants to be the metaphysical poet of movies, but he's dangerously close to becoming its O. Henry.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
08/11/02
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine
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Shyamalan would have done better to leave the soapbox at home.

Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies | comment Comment
08/11/02
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies

If you can, take your eyes off the screen for a moment and look around. You’ll see scared people.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
08/09/02
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

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08/09/02
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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08/09/02
Scott A. Mantz
Scott A. Mantz
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There are now two signs that M. Night Shyamalan’s debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema: Unbreakable and Signs.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
08/08/02
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Using the theorem that less is more, Shyamalan creates a psychologically frightening movie taut with emotional tension and ripe with fear.

Full Review Source: Urban Tulsa Weekly | comment Comment
08/08/02
Cory Cheney
Cory Cheney
Urban Tulsa Weekly

The same old same old: dull and recycled, with no surprises.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
08/08/02
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
New York Observer
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The movie is almost completely lacking in suspense, surprise and consistent emotional conviction.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
08/08/02
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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The religious statement is so out of keeping with the tone of the rest of the movie that it seems unintentional.

Full Review Source: East Hampton Independent | comment Comment
08/08/02
Ben Kenigsberg
Ben Kenigsberg
East Hampton Independent

Without ever touching on a cliche (except to poke fun at it), Shyamalan skillfully builds the film on several layers -- personal redemption, family drama, community-in-crisis, world on the brink.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
08/08/02
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Shayamalan clearly thinks that Signs is important and mythic. In reality, it's a well-crafted creepy movie with appallingly simplistic religiosity grafted onto it.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
08/07/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

M. Night Shyamalan uses ham-fisted coincidences to build, Thomas Aquinas-style, an a posteriori proof of the existence of God. No, really.

Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | comment Comment
08/07/02
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

The kind of suspenseful thrilling movie that I haven't seen in a very long time.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
08/07/02
Geoffrey Kleinman
Geoffrey Kleinman
DVDTalk.com

A big disappointment.

Full Review Source: Movie Habit | comment Comment
08/07/02
Marty Mapes
Marty Mapes
Movie Habit

Despite its sincere acting, Signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype.

Full Review Source: Talking Pictures (U.S.) | comment Comment
08/06/02
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)
 
 
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