Signs

Signs (2002)

  • 74% of critics liked it
    (225 reviews)

  • 65% of users liked it
    (846,126 ratings)

Following the smash hit The Sixth Sense (1999) and the under-performing follow-up Unbreakable (2000), directing phenom M. Night Shyamalan returns to the summer box office landscape that served as the backdrop for his cinematic breakthrough. In Signs, another paranormal outing for the… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 46 min.
Directed By
M. Night Shyamalan
Written By
M. Night Shyamalan
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Aug 2, 2002 Wide
On DVD
Jan 7, 2003
Touchstone Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Hank Sartin, Chicago Reader

    Individual sequences generate an eerie tension that's always deflated, creating a jarring stop-and-go rhythm, and the atmospheric trickery never strays beyond a lot of smoke and mirrors.

  • David Ansen, Newsweek

    A refreshing summer movie.

  • Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

    Shyamalan wants to be the metaphysical poet of movies, but he's dangerously close to becoming its O. Henry.

  • Rex Reed, New York Observer

    The same old same old: dull and recycled, with no surprises.

  • Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

    The movie is almost completely lacking in suspense, surprise and consistent emotional conviction.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Candy R


    Not really into alien type movies but this is a great storyline about a family who defends their home from invasion. Reminds me of Independence Day and War of the Worlds. Great cast. Fab ending. Best M Night Shyamalan movie.

  • Unknown H


    It has taken me a long time to see this movie, which still surprises me even after watching it as it is a typical movie that I would feel the need to see. However, on the reviews of a lot of other people I simply steered away from it until I found it today stashed away with my… More

  • Eric A


    Descent sci-fi worth watching.

  • Kase V


    This is an exhilarating film that I would recommend to any thriller or horror fan. Such a great cast, too!

  • Brad W


    Not a bad movie at all, it has intense moments, great setting, but I just believe maybe the end scene which is the resolution to our story, didnt make much sense and could've been more well made.

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