Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Abigail Breslin

After the death of his wife in a freak accident, Reverend Graham Hess questions his faith and even leaves the church. Six months later, he discovers a gigantic crop circle in his yard. Similar events ...( read more  read more... )happen all over the world. Graham's children think it's aliens, his brother thinks it's pranksters, and Graham doesn't know what to think. However, as more and more strange events occur, he realizes something big is coming, and it's probably not going to be friendly

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PG-13, 106 min.

Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan

Release Date: August 2, 2002

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DVD Release Date: January 7, 2003

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  • September 14, 2009
    I saw this in a cinema full of screaming young people. I think that atmosphere really added to my enjoyment of this film. I think it's really good in its creepy scenes, its only flaw is that you see the alien at the end.
  • August 11, 2009
    I love this ! Mel Gibson is great and I really did not know what exactly this film was about apart from aliens and crop circles. There is a lot hidden just beneath the surface but yet its very strange a paranormal. You have to be in the mood for aliens or else the end might freak...( read more) you out a bit. Although I recognised Joaquin Phoenix I did not twig his actual name. He is a good actor too.
  • June 10, 2009
    Not really into alien type movies but this is a great storyline about a family who defends their home from invasion. Great cast. Fab ending. Best M Night Shyamalan movie.
  • August 31, 2008
    An interesting story - combining science fiction with aliens, faith, loss and family. Figure out how they put all that into one movie.
  • July 16, 2008
    Mysterious crop circles begin appearing in a former Reverend of the cloth?s field. At first he believes this is the work of pranksters or members of a church he use to Reverend. Then slowly signs begin to point else where, something extraterrestrial. With his faith gone and his f...( read more)amily in crisis, can a former Reverend lead his family to safety all while regaining his faith.
    Signs is arguably M. Night Shymalan?s last good movie. The others he had produced, written, and directed afterwards have failed to measure up not just to his previous movies, but to entertaining audiences in general. Signs has a simple plot with a simple suspense, but the movie works so well because of the style and the acting involved. Mel Gibson stars in Signs and though his career has black marked because of some Anti-Semitic he made of late, Gibson is still one of the industries best actors. Signs is a great Alfred Hitchcock feel Sci-fi suspense tale and after watching this movie, you wish Shymalan would go back to being simple not so complex anymore. Signs receives three and half aliens out of five for being a fantastic simple Sci-fi suspense movie.
  • November 7, 2009
    Good storyline and very interesting, because it shows that there's a chance of other life forms out there!
  • November 5, 2009
    CHILLS... but no thrills!
  • November 4, 2009
    good to watch.not bad,
  • November 2, 2009
    mel gibson has definatly done better
  • November 2, 2009
    Muy buena movie de bajo presupuesto. Un hit de Shyamalan.

Critic Reviews


August 2, 2002
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

It's a smart, skillful movie from a writer-director who's only 31 years old, but already a master of blending the chills of fright with the warmth of love. full review

August 2, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Turns out to have few thoughts and no thrills. full review

August 2, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The work of a born filmmaker, able to summon apprehension out of thin air. full review

August 2, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

The problem is that Signs manages to be both so terribly serious and so unimportant at the same time. full review

August 1, 2002
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Skillful as he is, Mr. Shyamalan is undone by his pretensions. full review

August 1, 2002
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Unlike the lumbering and portentous Unbreakable, Shyamalan's Signs is a satisfyingly taut suspenser. full review

August 1, 2002
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

[Shyamalan] turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit, purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count. full review

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  • CallumSanderson
    October 19, 2008
    One of the creepiest atmosphereic films ever created. everything from the filming location, the acting, the interferonce and the part when they are down in the basement... and of course the aliens
  • always182
    January 2, 2008
    i watched scary movie 3 first so i couldnt take this movie in a sirious way. the time i mostely laugh was when they put the hats on!! it was helerious!!
    :)
  • TreborYollom
    August 20, 2007
    one of my favourite films,its savage
  • MrsJackHarkenss
    June 17, 2007
    I loved it. The first time my family and i watched it when the phone rang in the movie ours did too, it was sorta creepy but cool at the same time.
  • gabrielhortencio
    January 4, 2007
    "Os Sinais", olha só.. do ladinho na nossa cidade Carazinho-RS.. HEuaheuAHeA, nossa que meeeedo :S
    é muito bom esse filme.. tem muitas vezes de susto!
  • lilbuhlem1013
    August 17, 2006
    OMG.............SO SCARY!! right christen???
    lol
  • ashlisa424
    June 12, 2006
    A very good scary movie!

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