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Signal One

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A brilliant scientist meets the inventor of a high-tech machine that can communicate with extraterrestrial life. But contact comes with consequences that soon threaten the very survival of the human race.
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Cath Clarke Guardian Jun 9
3/5
The film has a clever dodge for avoiding the inevitable silly moment when the aliens are revealed but, in a few too many scenes, this is a bit more snore than awe. Go to Full Review
Matt Zoller Seitz RogerEbert.com Jun 5
3/4
It is a fantasy, but it’s more confrontational than escapist. It doesn’t want us to turn our brains off. It wants us to think. Go to Full Review
Charles Johnston Spectrum Culture Jun 8
A trippy, eccentric sci-fi film, more thought-provoking than entertaining, that eschews easy tropes to deliver upon its urgent message as clearly as possible. Go to Full Review
Robert Kojder Flickering Myth Jun 7
3/5
Signal One is a sci-fi flick of modest ambitions, aware of its scope and what it can and can’t pull off Go to Full Review
Mark Dujsik Mark Reviews Movies Jun 4
3/4
It's a smart film that ... is also wise enough not to provide concrete answers. Go to Full Review
Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com Jun 2
C
"Signal One" hopes to put on a show of intellectuals putting a puzzle of possibility together, but Sobol doesn’t provide a cinematic experience, going limp with an overly talky movie. Go to Full Review
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Rigetii R @Riget 3d This film deals with heavily exploited topics. Furthermore, it is done in an amateurish way. Nothing innovative, nothing interesting. See more Steven C. @Fels41 3d Hard to pull off a sci-fi movie without a huge budget. This one succeeds. I’m sure it can be picked apart by space nerds but the story is solid without delving too deep and losing its audience. The acting is great and the pace is perfect. See more Eric R @Iwatcheditilltellu 5d I enjoyed watching it. While it had an almost strong cast it was pretty good if your into sci-fi and aliens. I will agree some pieces of the story were very short and some were not needed. Overall give it a go if you have time See more tm11999 M @tm11999 Jun 16 very good story that has an unambiguous ending. everybody is believable and does well, including the moon faced chubby josh hutcherson. thewlis plays thewlis and the pretty young jewish girl is fabulous. funny how dennis quaid plays sam houston again. you can watch this. See more Joan T @Tellah Jun 13 I’m really getting into movies like Signal. I didn’t expect it to be such a masterpiece. Definitely worth the watch. See more Josh T @RT11563542 Jun 13 This movie turned out to be more confusing than revealing. What do the aliens want, why have they contacted us? Then for it to be a annoying part of the movie that the aliens are never seen or even given the slightest glimpse of who they are, what they look, or sound like was just very annoying in my opinion! Then the whole idea of a portal opening over our entire planet and then in the end nothing even really happens! No questions about humanity were answered and the movie ends with, " how do you know they aren't still here?". That was just utterly senseless and in my opinion the movie was a bunch meaningless mumbo-jumbo that was hardly entertaining at all! This movie gets a solid F in my opinion, I wish i had watched something else! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A brilliant scientist meets the inventor of a high-tech machine that can communicate with extraterrestrial life. But contact comes with consequences that soon threaten the very survival of the human race.
Director
Jonathan Sobol
Producer
Doug Murray, William G. Santor, Nicholas Tabarrok
Screenwriter
Jonathan Sobol
Distributor
Radial Entertainment
Production Co
Darius Films, Productivity Media
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 5, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 5, 2026
Runtime
1h 27m