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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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A thoughtful, trans-genre atmospheric work that bears the Shyamalan signature.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
08/03/02
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

I couldn't help but think if Shyamalan wouldn't have had a better movie if he'd stuck with former star Willis

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
08/03/02
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
08/03/02
Boston Phoenix

Shyamalan's masterful direction makes the film succeed. What scares us out of our seats is not what we see or hear, but what we think we might see and hear.

Full Review Source: Houston Community Newspapers | comment Comment
08/03/02
Gary Brown
Gary Brown
Houston Community Newspapers

Shyamalan fuses the fictional evidence of his extraterrestrials with the presumed righteousness of God in a way that will make no sense to anyone who has ever questioned either.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
08/03/02
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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Though it sometimes stumbles over its own seriousness, Signs is easily the most provocative film in a long while.

Full Review Source: Journal News (Westchester, NY) | comment Comment
08/03/02
Marshall Fine
Marshall Fine
Journal News (Westchester, NY)

It’s a terrain that reverses the cultural value assigned to the low angle shot... but ultimately transforms the viscera of horror/ sci-fi cinema to a feckless point.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
08/03/02
Jon Lap
Jon Lap
Apollo Guide

It's a credit to the actors that this nonsensical thriller/sci-fi story comes off as reasonably well as it does.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
08/03/02
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

About the characters first and the extraordinary situations they find themselves into second.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
08/02/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

I see dread people.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
08/02/02
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Shyamalan manages to spend very little time and effort on special effects and boring explanations -- and plenty of time on pure terror.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
08/02/02
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers, most of the scary parts in 'Signs' occur while waiting for things to happen.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
08/02/02
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

If you forced me to sum up the Shyamalan trilogy so far… sound and fury signifying very little.

Full Review Source: Hot Button | comment Comment
08/02/02
David Poland
David Poland
Hot Button

To dismiss this as another “sci-fi alien flick” would be a shame.

Full Review Source: Supercala.com | comment Comment
08/02/02
Paul Salfen
Paul Salfen
Supercala.com

Shyamalan takes a potentially trite and overused concept (aliens come to Earth) and infuses it into a rustic, realistic, and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/02/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Ultimately comes up short.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
08/02/02
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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One of the most effective movies so far at capturing a jittery nation's case of the yips.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
08/02/02
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

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.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
08/02/02
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Shyamalan's by-now trademark spookiness is starting to play like a CD consciously designed to duplicate the success of an album that sold 10 million copies.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
08/02/02
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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Ultimately, Signs -- as original, interesting and ambitious as it is -- is a post-9/11 movie of possibly the most dubious sort.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
08/02/02
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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