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Signs

Signs

Thriller · Science Fiction · Horror · 2002

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

Movie details

Signs

“It's not like they didn't warn us.”

2002 Thriller · Science Fiction · Horror 1h 46m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Signs?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

M. Night Shyamalan

Written by

M. Night Shyamalan

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Graham Hess

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix

Merrill Hess

Rory Culkin

Rory Culkin

Morgan Hess

Abigail Breslin

Abigail Breslin

Bo Hess

Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones

Officer Paski

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan

Ray Reddy

Patricia Kalember

Patricia Kalember

Colleen Hess

Court is in session

Put Signs on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Cool Ironist

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.