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Format: DVD January 7, 2003
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From M. Night Shyamalan, the writer/director of THE SIXTH SENSE and UNBREAKABLE, comes the story of the Hess family in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, who wake up one morning to find a 500-foot crop circle in their backyard. Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) and his family are told extraterrestrials are responsible for the sign in their field. They watch, with growing dread, the news of crop circles being found all over the world. SIGNS is the emotional story of one family on one farm as they encounter the terrifying last moments of life as the world is being invaded. "It's easy for a filmmaker to blow up the world -- but what Shyamalan does is much riskier. He tries to blow our minds. I was engaged by every inch of SIGNS." - Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper.
Genre: Thriller
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Dolby, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen
Contributor: Abigail Breslin, Cherry Jones, Joaquin Phoenix, Lanny Flaherty, M. Night Shyamalan, Marion McCorry, Mel Gibson, Merritt Wever, Michael Showalter, Patricia Kalember, Rhonda Overby, Rory Culkin, Ted Sutton See more
Language: English, French
Runtime: 1 hour and 46 minutes
Aspect Ratio : 1.851
MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Product Dimensions : 0.6 x 5.4 x 7.5 inches; 2.72 ounces
Item model number : MFR#VG
Director : M. Night Shyamalan
Media Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Dolby, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen
Run time : 1 hour and 46 minutes
Release date : January 7, 2003
Actors : Abigail Breslin, Cherry Jones, Joaquin Phoenix, Mel Gibson, Rory Culkin
Language : English (DTS 5.1), French, Unqualified
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M. Night Shamalan (did I spell that right?) has a particular "niche" he writes for... the "twist-ending" film. His first major film, "The Sixth Sense," was magnificent, and I really loved "Unbreakable" as well. This is the other Shamalan film I really like. (Others, such as "The Happening" and "The Village" and "Lady in the Water" are quite a bit more underwhelming in my opinion, though they're not nearly as bad as some reviewers would lead you to believe!) This film is really a classical fairy tale... a term that may make people come to the wrong conclusion if I don't explain. See, real "fairy tales" aren't what we often think of by that term today. We think of them as being set "in another time and place" because most of those we know are set in our past, in a situation which to use seems strange. But at the time that the stories came into being, they were cast in the actual work in which the listener to the tale was familiar. They also tended to be quite dark, and often rather frightening and violent, not remotely like the "Disney-fied" version we often think of today. Basically, a "fairy tale" introduced a magical or supernatural element into the world that the audience was familiar with, and usually posed a a morality tale with great trial and danger, sometimes leading to a heroic victory (and maybe even a "happily ever after" though that's really part of the "Disney-fication" I mentioned earlier most of the time!) but at least as often, a tragic morality tale. This story is a modern fairy tale. Yes, it's aliens instead of gnomes or succubi or fairies or witches or whatever... but they serve the same purpose in the story. The "heroes" aren't really glorious heroic figures, but are common people, going through a very personal trial... one which can either be overcome or which can prove out as a "tragic morality tale" At the core of this story, and part of what some of the audience disliked about the flick, is the idea that "there are no coincidences." The lead character is a former minister who lost faith due to a personal tragedy. I know that some folks I know really liked that aspect of the character at first... and they were the ones who hated the movie the most once it was done... because this is, in the end, a POSITIVE morality tale, about how even the most inconsequential-seeming (or even annoying) things in your life can, in the end, prove to be there for a reason. This movie has a hopeful ending, and is very much "pro-faith." If that appeals to you, you'll enjoy the movie. If you're one of those people who find the concept of "faith" to be something you associate (wrongly, I'd argue) with stupidity, you'll almost certainly hate everything about this film. Finally... this isn't an action movie, or a horror movie. Yes, there's a global invasion going on, but every bit of this movie is small, and personal. It's about what goes on INSIDE of a person, not what's going on outside. It's a deeply emotional film, but if you expect an action-adventure film, you'll be very disappointed. I recommend this film, and have shared it with a number of friends and family members who never saw it... for various reasons. Virtually all appreciated it, except for a couple of folks I know who have a passionate hatred of the concept of faith (and who falsely associate that with being "anti-intellectual" or "anti-science" or whatever other nonsense they use to prop up their own faith-based belief that there "is no God.")
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Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2012 by Cary L. Brown
One of my favourites. Very well written, directed. Great acting too even by the very young girl, like 4 or 5 years old. She’s gonna or already is a star in the making if managed and guided properly. Movie is excellent. Another one that got me glued from start to finish. No snack, bathroom, rolling breaks,
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Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2026 by DaMovie junkie
!!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!!! This review contains spoilers! The reader might best watch the film once through first. But, as this is a film that I have watched multiple times and could watch many times more, my review could help one to see what this movie is really about. On its surface, “Signs,” is an alien invasion film about a dysfunctional family just trying to survive. That is not the real plot nor substance of the movie. Shymalan’s film is about the spiritual/religious inward struggle of a man (stunningly acted by Mel Gibson); a priest, a Father, and a dad. He has lost his faith due to the particularly horrific, bizarre death of his wife in an accident. It is about his struggle to be a father to his children as he is barely holding a grip on his own integrity of mind and emotion, all the while in psychic pain and extremity of grief. Then he is faced with an incomprehensible external situation that puts him and his whole family at risk. The script plot of alien invasion is an allegory, a literary device that confronts him with his own inner chaos. You can watch the film believing in the literal alien invasion, and it works real fine to do so, but do not miss the real plot: A man’s desperate inner struggle to meet an impossible situation without the strength of character that comes by way of a deep faith in God and in life itself. He has lost his bearings and is adrift in a sea of grief and rage at God for the loss of his wife in a “meaningless” accident. He is on the edge. His children are on the edge. His younger brother is on the edge. Then comes the alien attack, which just about tips the scales to complete failure and disaster. But during the whole intricately woven fabric of this story, he is unknowingly being led to a confrontation with his faith or total lack thereof. The real “signs” are not the crop circles that the aliens have strewn across the earth, but all the seeming flaws and failures and misfortunes that turn out to be “godsends” or “god-signs” that save his family on all levels, coming together to a climax where redemption is found in his not being able to discount the miracles that come from the very wounds and misfortunes that have made him so filled with hate and resistance and loss of belief in God and goodness and mercy, and most of all, his own faith. He finds there is no other actual explanation for what has saved him and his family than that God has worked out everything to perfection, in God’s own timing and purpose. The movie is best viewed at least twice through, that one may appreciate the inspired perfection of its intimately and intricately woven story/allegory. Watch for all the threads that come together to save his own soul and all whom he loves.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2022 by Norman E. Babbitt
I think this is my all-time favorite movie. I honestly don't know what everyone is complaining about. This movie is suspenseful, perfectly executed, and its' simple theme of faith and hope and the importance of family and forgiveness is beautiful. Forget the stupid aliens who reacted so badly to water and yet decided to invade a planet made up of 3/4 water; the aliens are a mere afterthought to what the film is really about. The real twist at the end of the film is that there isn't one! I know I was fooled, thinking all along that it all just HAD to be a hoax, somehow, until the family left the basement. And there were plenty of times I jumped in my seat in startelment. We see only quick glimpses of the antagonists (the aliens) in this, but that's enough; somehow its' even more ominous because the imagination can provide far more scarier images than what can be shown on screen. The music was also very good, the same 3 notes providing a background of tenseness and acute hyper awareness and expectation. Most of all, though, the circle of people that was the Hess family, Graham (Mel Gibson, my favorite actor), a recently widowed Episcopalian priest who recently left his church due to a crisis of faith; Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix, my second favorite actor), a washed-up minor league baseball player in his early twenties, the younger brother of Graham (by about 18 years) who moved in with the family after the death of Graham's wife Colleen; and the two children, asthmatic Morgan and water-idiocyncratic Bo. The level of devotion, protectiveness and caring for each family member was palpable; I could truly believe this was a real family. And each of these people's distinctive traits wound up to all be for a reason. The entire theme of the movie was like a sack with a drawstring tie that slowly pulled closed and tightened together until it was closed by the end of the movie, in a very satisfying, comforting manner. The performances of each cast member was flawless, and there were some wonderful moments of humor and silliness to offset the intensity. (Both Gibson and Phoenix have demonstrated their talents for dry wit and comedy before and used it in sparing doses in this.) I think my favorite scene was the "Last Supper", where they all went from tears and anger and impending doom and dread to simple re-affirmation of each one's love for each other.(And they all managed to do it without getting too sappy about it.) The moment when a sobbing Graham, surrounded by his two distraught children, pulls his weeping brother Merrill into their hug was both funny and very touching and poignant. Even the children did very well, bright and precocious without ever slipping into overly cutesy or bratty. I liked the extra "Making Of" feature and especially the deleted scenes; there was one in particular I really wish that would have been kept, where Merrill tries to block the attic door from the aliens and Graham tells him the story of when he, Graham, accidentally broke Merrill's arm when Merrill was 2 1/2. This is a movie I am able to watch multiple times without losing interest. It's well done all around with a little something of everything, and highly recommended.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2005 by Isabelle
Received In brand new perfect condition. Good movie and I recommend it!
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2026 by James Carollo
Always hear two distinctly different takes on this movie- it's a film masterpiece, or it's a corny sci-fi movie. Set your expectations properly before you watch this. Listen to the score for this movie on YouTube before you watch, and you'll get the big picture of this film. It isn't about the extremely scarce yet admittedly terrible special effects. Don't let that be the distraction of this movie- too many people watch this and get hung up on that and it's silly. Focus start to finish on the theme, and get caught up in the unbelievable continuity and retrospection in the direction- you can feel that this whole script was written completely backwards, solely for the theme and message. It is chilling in its cinematography, the audio will make your hairs stand on end, and the timing of the score in every scene, shot and cutaway will have you anticipating something truly frightening, but it never really arrives. Where most other thrillers leave you on the edge of your seat because the monster is always around the corner filling every square inch of real estate in every shot of the film, Signs leaves you waiting for the first real encounter for the entirety of the film. To me, to build an alien thriller around this concept is brilliant. The dialogue is scarce and awkward throughout, much like M. Night's other films. And the timing and delivery of every line is crucial to the story line; rarely is there a line delivered without any future reference or purpose. To some, this film may seem like a message occasionally interrupted by a plot, rather than the other way around- as one would generally expect in a psychological thriller. In some ways they're right- but it needs to be viewed as a whole. The message is the driving force of the story, and every element is crafted so as to bring to life in 107 minutes what a lifetime of living often fails to even acknowledge: Every event is planned and orchestrated, and this movie illustrates this to a point that in any other art form or genre would seem cringe at the least. However, the direction and writing of this movie are so well implemented, so well acted, that you can't help but tear up by the closing scenes, and still be quivering in a little terror from the previous 10 minutes of pounding orchestral music and horrifying cinematography. Love it. So just set your expectations right off the bat. This isn't a movie for someone wanting a lazy thriller in which you won't have to think or recall past the proceeding 8 seconds, with terrifying images of gore and CG aliens, or even a single additional moment of excessive violence for violence sake. There's another genre for that. Don't forget- this is a *psychological* thriller.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2020 by Jesse Sando
A good movie to add to my library. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2026 by Ria Williams
Good old school movie
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2026 by Epg32