Rotten
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.
Hank Sartin, Chicago Reader
Signs
It's not like they didn't warn us.
2002 · 1h 46m · PG-13
Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
M. Night Shyamalan
Overview
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Director and cast
- M. Night Shyamalan Director
- Mel Gibson as Rev. Graham Hess
- Joaquin Phoenix as Merrill Hess
- Rory Culkin as Morgan Hess
- Abigail Breslin as Bo Hess
- Cherry Jones as Officer Paski
- M. Night Shyamalan as Ray Reddy
- Patricia Kalember as Colleen Hess
- Ted Sutton as SFC Cunningham
- Merritt Wever as Tracey Abernathy, die Apothekerin
- Lanny Flaherty Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
76%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Shyamalan is technically a superb film-maker, for all that he's picked up most of his tricks from Spielberg and Hitchcock.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
A refreshing summer movie.
David Ansen, Newsweek
Rotten
Shyamalan wants to be the metaphysical poet of movies, but he's dangerously close to becoming its O. Henry.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
The same old same old: dull and recycled, with no surprises.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
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