over all rating-
out of 4
By Andrew Michals on Monday July 29, 2002
M. Night Shyamalan, director of SIGNS, surely knows how to keep you at the edge of your seat. Shyamalan also brought you UNBREAKABLE and THE SIXTH SENSE, 2 very popular movies when they were released. In a recent article in NEWSWEEK, it states that The Sixth Sense made $700 MILLION world wide. I think that's phenomenal. UNBREAKABLE, although still a good movie with a plot-twist, didn't do as good as the Sixth Sense.
SIGNS had not only very suspenseful moments, but also had many touches of comedy to it. I liked the camera angles chosen by Shyamalan, as well as the choice of music, and the way the film opened. When it first started, I felt as if I was watching a very old film, the opening credits appeared to be displayed because light was lighting them up, and they were in black text. Hard to explain, but it had a nice effect to it.
Since I was at a special advance screening of SIGNS, near the middle of the movie, all of a sudden I saw part of the boom, which is the microphone used to catch the voice of the actors for the film, and I thought it was one of M. Night Shyamalan's fantastic camera angles, but no, have the screen was getting cut off! But then it was fixed a few minutes later.
I am still going to see this movie when it opens this Friday nation wide, because people were laughing at so many incidences that I didn't quite hear every part of certain scenes.
Overall, I greatly suggest this movie to all to see, although frightening for younger viewers, it is actually a movie you can take kids to, except for a few unpleasant situations with animals, which I didn't like because I'm an animal lover.
If you have further questions about the movie, or would like to submit a review on SIGNS, feel free to email me at andrew@reelmovies.net and I'll gladly write you back or post your review.
