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Director William Eubank clearly has big ideas and an impressive level of technical expertise; unfortunately, The Signal fritters them away on a poorly constructed story.
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Sadly, this flubs the landing with a banal and credulity-stretching finale that feels like a bad Twilight Zone episode, but the first hour or so is terrific. Mar 26, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Sadly, this flubs the landing with a banal and credulity-stretching finale that feels like a bad Twilight Zone episode, but the first hour or so is terrific.
Leslie Felperin
Pity the poor actors trapped in a cinematographer's world. Mar 26, 2015 | Rating: 2/5
Pity the poor actors trapped in a cinematographer's world.
Sophie Monks Kaufman
The more original and clever Eubank is aiming to be, with an ambitious conceit folding in biological experimentation, Area 51-style paranoia and X-Men superpowers, the hokier and more derivative he seems. Mar 26, 2015 | Full Review…
The more original and clever Eubank is aiming to be, with an ambitious conceit folding in biological experimentation, Area 51-style paranoia and X-Men superpowers, the hokier and more derivative he seems.
Tim Robey
You spend a lot of the movie confused, but the great big reveals of its finale don't feel very shocking at all. Jun 13, 2014 | Full Review…
You spend a lot of the movie confused, but the great big reveals of its finale don't feel very shocking at all.
Bilge Ebiri
There's something welcome about a motion picture that doesn't hand out a dumbed-down resolution in a neatly wrapped package. Jun 13, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
There's something welcome about a motion picture that doesn't hand out a dumbed-down resolution in a neatly wrapped package.
James Berardinelli
Eubank could have a terrific future as a director. As a screenwriter, though, maybe not so much. Jun 13, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Eubank could have a terrific future as a director. As a screenwriter, though, maybe not so much.
Bruce Ingram
With incredible ingenuity, this lo-fi concept is showcased within an amazing visual design, and the fantastic look of the film blends perfectly with a creepy and unnerving set-up. Aug 30, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
With incredible ingenuity, this lo-fi concept is showcased within an amazing visual design, and the fantastic look of the film blends perfectly with a creepy and unnerving set-up.
Nicholas Bell
The Signal isn't quirky, it's downright weird. Combining elements of Cronenbergian body horror, District 9's believable-ish setting and the feel of Chronicle, writer/director William Eubank leveraged a small budget to great effect (and effects). Aug 6, 2019 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
The Signal isn't quirky, it's downright weird. Combining elements of Cronenbergian body horror, District 9's believable-ish setting and the feel of Chronicle, writer/director William Eubank leveraged a small budget to great effect (and effects).
Ryan Syrek
The Signal is engaging, but ultimately resorts to cliché and a rug-pulling ending that will delight or infuriate. May 14, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The Signal is engaging, but ultimately resorts to cliché and a rug-pulling ending that will delight or infuriate.
Tom Bond
There are some truly memorable images... But a leaden narrative labyrinth leads its screenplay down one too many dead end paths. Apr 4, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
There are some truly memorable images... But a leaden narrative labyrinth leads its screenplay down one too many dead end paths.
Ben Nicholson
The Signal feels like your standard side-of-the-highway fare. It's just not worth the mozzarella sticks. Aug 24, 2017 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
The Signal feels like your standard side-of-the-highway fare. It's just not worth the mozzarella sticks.
Heather Dockray
The Signal is clever in its execution of recycled concepts. Jun 21, 2016 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
The Signal is clever in its execution of recycled concepts.
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