 "Still good in 2010" | 2010-01-03 |
| - Reviewed By Award Winning Author from Michigan |
| I love this movie. I've watched it too many times to count. I've finally decided to buy it. Complex plotting with intertwined back stories of love, loss and religion. Watch it again to see what you missed. M. Night's subtle "signs" weaved throughout the movie are worth rewatching to catch and explore. Ready for the next installment! |
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 "Good Character Study" | 2009-11-16 |
| - Reviewed By Two Thumbs from Ashburn, Virginia |
| An alien invasion of Earth makes a lapsed clergyman reexamine the doubts he has about his faith. Sort of a cross between "War of the Worlds" and "ET", except the focus is not so much on the aliens (must they always be slender and bug-eyed?) as on the Mel Gibson character, whose wifes' accidental death had led him to leave the ministry. Plot is a bit incoherent, but characters are compelling. |
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| "Won't Sleep For Days!" | 2009-10-27 |
| - Reviewed By Hello Lover!!! from New York, NY |
| I saw this movie in the theaters once when it first came out and I haden't seen it since that day until the other night.When I first saw Signs I was scared out of my mind.I couldn't do anything without thinking that some alien was outside of my roof or one was going to pop out from behind a tree in my backyard.I couldn't even stay calm watching it in the theater,I was so freaked out.Anyway a few days ago I decided I needed to cure myself of this fear of aliens that I have and get the sounds and faces of these aliens from Signs out of my head.(keep in mind that I'm 21 and I live alone...I get creeped out by my own shadow)So I watched the movie and in all honesty I can see why I was scared of the movie back then,it's not so much a scary,OMG,horror movie,it's more suspense,sci fi.This movie isnt showing aliens from begining to end and the aliens arn't killing and eating everyone.It's just suttle things that make you jump.You get chills before you even see the aliens,the fact that you know their there and you can't see them is the scary part.Finally I have gotten over the Signs curse and I'm ok watching the movie now.I'm not freaking out and honestly this is now one of my favorite Shyamalan movies.You have to see this movie. |
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| "A truly scary yet wholesome and meaningful thriller/drama." | 2009-10-20 |
| - Reviewed By John McClung from Freehold, NY USA |
| Signs, directed by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, The Village) is of course about the threat of alien invasion, but there's much more to it than just that. Mel Gibson stars as Graham Hess, a simple farmer and former reverend who has recently left the church in the wake of his wife's tragic death. He and his brother Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix) wake up one morning to the screams of the children (Rory Culkin and Abigail Breslin), who have just discovered a 500-foot crop circle in their rural Pennsylvania field. Soon a string of strange events, or 'signs', unfold that suggest the possibility of alien invasion. However, this movie doesn't feature the mindless action violence of Independence Day or War Of The Worlds, but instead focuses on this one family and the challenges they are facing. To quote movie critic Richard Roeper, "It's easy for a filmmaker to blow up the world - but what Shyamalan does is much riskier; he tries to blow our minds". Indeed, the film has many important messages, such as 'everything happens for a reason' and 'there is always someone looking out for you'. These messages are foreshadowed throughout the movie, but are made clear in the emotional surprise ending. Signs is an intelligent and suspenseful thriller which understands that we are scared most by what we can't see and that a movie doesn't have to be bloody and violent to be truly terrifying. This is a movie the whole family can watch together and is only rated PG-13 because it is scary and for brief, mild language. Good Morning America called it "A suspense-filled twilight zone thriller" and Rolling Stone proclaimed it as "A dazzling white-knuckler", whatever that means. According to CNN, "You will have to see it twice". Special features include deleted scenes, a six-part making-of documentary, a multi-angle storyboard featurette, and even a clip from Shyamalan's short film 'Pictures', billed as his 'first alien movie', made when he was 'just a little kid'. This DVD is well worth buying and I strongly recommend it to fans of any type of movie. |
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| "Ugly Evil Aliens" | 2009-10-12 |
| - Reviewed By one million dollar smile from Fayetteville,NC |
| Signs is a great Sci-Fi drama. It has suspense and a very good transition until the end of the movie. It is a great Sci-Fi movie to own for your collection. |
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 "So-so" | 2009-06-21 |
| - Reviewed By navaar70 from Shadowland |
I found the movie a bit annoying. How many farms are there in the United States do not have, SOMEWHERE, a 'varmit' gun? Honestly, very few. How fortunate for the aliens that they just happen to land right at the one farm in the state that doesn't a weapon,save kitchen knives, with which to fight. Is this alien blind luck or what? On the plus side, the acting, particularly the kids, quite good, the suspense enduring, and the story line decent.
But. I live in a very small town. I guarentee if we had an alien invasion the homeowned gunfire would be deafening. Unless nuks were required, I'm thinking most US towns could hold their own. Forget small towns - a place like Chicago would kick @ss and take names!
Sarcasm aside, not a horrible movie, and if you can get it at a good price, go for it.
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