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(1 - 50) of 62 OFCS Rating: 77% Fresh Page   12   > Next "Reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers, most of the scary parts in 'Signs' occur while waiting for things to happen."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 3.5/5 "...knows it is what you don’t know that’s scary."   NutzWorld   Blake French B+ "The emotion and drama Shyamalan produces is painstakingly truthful once the seemingly absurd is introduced."   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna 4/5 "It has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you..."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null "The film abandons its delicate ambiguities, its focus on everyday things, to deliver a resolution whose structure can only look contrived and reductive."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3.5/4 "If you look at Signs as a whole package and not on individual terms, then the result is a worthwhile and thought-provoking experience."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 2.5/4 "Signs could have been a lot more satisfying had we not seen in the last reel what director M. Night Shyamalan so carefully avoids showing us in the first several."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth 4/4 "Gibson gives one of the best performances of his career..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C "It's a credit to the actors that this nonsensical thriller/sci-fi story comes off as reasonably well as it does."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 4/4 "As skillfully made as horror films come. It's also about as genuinely scary."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 2.5/4 "The film's opening and closing title cards seem to say as much about Father Graham's return to the cloth as it does about the size of the director's ego."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B+ "A creepy good time -- and perhaps a surprisingly emotional one -- will be had by all."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "If Shyamalan directed Jaws, the film would be about Sheriff Brody’s fear of the water."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress A- "A remarkably engaging technical masterwork."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3/4 "Signs may be lightweight and fragile in comparison to Sense and even to Unbreakable for that matter, but nobody can deny the eye-popping quality to this exquisite soul-searching drama."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng C "Uncommonly stylish but equally silly...the picture fails to generate much suspense, nor does it ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "Superb shiver story about faith, the meaning of coincidences, family solidarity in the face of the inexplicable, and how destiny unfolds in every moment."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "In many ways, it is Shyamalan's most accomplished film to date."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "Shyamalan continues to impress with his subtle visual approach to flashy genres ... proving that less is very often more"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick "The ending of Signs changes everything: it goes from "Night of the Living Dead" to "Touched by an Angel" in ten minutes flat."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 4/5 "Tale of strangeness in the heartland is scary, funny and superbly shot -- and proves another winner for Shyamalan."   Netflix   James Rocchi 2.5/4 "Artfully directed and well-conceived, but fails to locate and maintain a consistent tone."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 9/10 "[Shyamalan's] a skilled flashlight-guy, and movie theaters are his campfires."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 1.5/4 "Signs will have its admirers since its methodic nature suggests there's something profound going on beneath the surface. There really isn't though."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman 7/10 "Despite its various problems that prevent it from being as terrific as it often seems it might be, the film is still quite entertaining."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 8/10 "The streak continues."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 8/10 "...the director's strong suit is his ability to create suspense in a hushed atmosphere, where the silence is a character's worst enemy."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 8/10 "You'll forget there's anything but an edge to your seat."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3.5/4 "'Buen filme que muestra la madurez que va adquiriendo Shyamalan como cineasta en cada proyecto que realiza.'"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 5/5 "All signs point to awesome."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 4.5/5 "Not as good as the Sixth Sense but much better than Unbreakable. Great score."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3.5/4 "A smart reinterpretation of yet another urban legend with a Shyamalan twist and nearly timeless quality, "Signs" is an instant classic."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 4/4 "About the characters first and the extraordinary situations they find themselves into second."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B- "I couldn't help but think if Shyamalan wouldn't have had a better movie if he'd stuck with former star Willis"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 9/10 "Un extraño resucitar del fenómeno sucedido con el guión radiofónico de Orson Wells con toques de Hitchcock."   Cinenganos   Luis Martinez 2/5 "The film's underlying themes dovetail efficiently with the action but don't generate the emotional gut punch the movie needs; overall it feels padded and logy."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 4/4 "Signals the transformation of a promising young filmmaker into a brilliant young filmmaker."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 8/10 "A film of unwavering weirdness and intensity."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 1.5/4 "A big disappointment."   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "If I myself find anything worth worshipping, it’s the creative genius of people like M. Night Shyamalan, at whose feet I am not worthy to grovel."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2.5/4 "Click to read review"   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 2.5/5 "Shyamalan would have done better to leave the soapbox at home."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 3.5/4 "It falls squarely into the sci-fi category, it works on a more emotional level because it deals with issues of faith."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 4/5 "M. Night Shyamalan knows what scares us."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 3/5 "Os problemas têm início a partir do momento em que saímos do cinema e começamos a pensar sobre o que acabamos de ver. É então que Sinais realmente desaponta."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4.5/5 "Without ever touching on a cliche (except to poke fun at it), Shyamalan skillfully builds the film on several layers -- personal redemption, family drama, community-in-crisis, world on the brink."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline A- "…an eerily suspenseful, deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C+ "That the movie works as well as it does, despite an outlandish plot, is a tribute to Shyamalan's prowess as a director, and to some fine acting performances."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B- "It’s all very nice but darn it I wanted more aliens!"   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "Shyamalan has done it again. He's taken a well-used genre, the alien invasion, and given it a spin that focuses on the human psyche rather than the surrounding events."   Movie Views   Ryan Cracknell  (1 - 50) of 62 OFCS Rating: 77% Fresh Page   12   > Next