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Mood:
- ContemplativeSuspensefulAtmosphericMind BendingTense
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- RedemptionAlien EncounterHaunted By the PastDangerHopesMind and SoulSpace and AliensFamily Problems more...
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Genres:
- MysterySci-FiThriller
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- Contemporary21st Century
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- Small Town
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- Twists and Turns
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Signs, 2002
English, Portuguese
USA
Profile of Signs
The mood of Signs is contemplative, suspenseful, and mind bending. The plot centers around an alien encounter, redemption, and being haunted by the past. It is a thriller, sci-fi, and mystery movie. Stylistically, Signs involves twists and turns. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. It takes place, at least partly, in a small town. Signs happens in contemporary times. The movie is known for being a blockbuster, critically acclaimed, and an award winner.
Summary of Signs
It's contaminated. That's what pint-sized Bo (Abigail Breslin) says about every glass of water that she tries to drink, then rejects. This is just one in a long list of strange occurrences that are changing the lives of the Hess family. Things go awry when Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) and his brother, Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix), awake early one morning to find the dogs barking and the children--Bo, and her brother Morgan (Rory Culkin)--wandering bleary eyed in the corn fields. They discover a pattern of perfectly carved crop circles left the night before. Trying not to overreact, Graham ignores the media frenzy that has permeated all television and radio stations, and even shrugs off the oddly familiar information that Morgan reads in his book about extraterrestrials invading earth. The real challenge for Graham is to find the faith he needs to pull himself, and his family, through this unexplainable series of events. SIGNS is the long-anticipated film from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan (THE SIXTH SENSE, UNBREAKABLE), a suspenseful and uniquely chilling family story.
Details
| Language: | English, Portuguese |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 29 July 2002 |
| Runtime: | 106 min |
Cast and Crew
as Rev. Graham Hess
as Merrill Hess
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Critics Reviews
Chicago Tribune
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- by: Michael Wilmington
Rolling Stone
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- by: Peter Travers
Users Reviews
- 23.March.2010
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- by: xylenz
- xylenz rated this movie
4/10Disappointing
- 30.March.2009
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- by: Parker in MN
- Parker in MN rated this movie
8/10Great
