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Signs (2002) 6.7
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6.7/10 from 193,296 users
Metascore: 59/100
Reviews: 2,293 user | 197 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come. Director:M. Night ShyamalanWriter:M. Night Shyamalan |
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Cast
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| Joaquin Phoenix | ... | ||
| Rory Culkin | ... | ||
| Abigail Breslin | ... | ||
| Cherry Jones | ... | ||
| M. Night Shyamalan | ... | ||
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| Ted Sutton | ... | ||
| Merritt Wever | ... |
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Mrs. Nathan
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Lionel Prichard
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Brazilian Birthday Boy
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Columbia University Professor
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Sarah Hughes
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In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a five-hundred-foot crop circle is found on the farm of Graham Hess, the town's reverend. The circles cause a media frenzy and test Hess's faith as he journeys to find out the truth behind the crop circles. Written by Tim Salazar
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Country:
USARelease Date:
2 August 2002 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
M. Night Shyamalan's Signs See more »Box Office
Budget:
$72,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$146,587 (South Africa) (15 November 2002)Gross:
$227,965,690 (USA) (31 January 2003)Company Credits
Production Co:
Touchstone Pictures, Blinding Edge Pictures, Kennedy/Marshall Company, The See more »
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Merrill: It's time for an ass-whupping.
Graham Hess: This is not an intelligent way to approach this. Lee is a friend of mine. This is his son.
Merrill: Yeah, we'll be doing Lee a favor. All right, listen, we both go outside, move around the house in opposite directions. We act crazy, insane with anger, make them crap in their pants, force them around till we meet up on the other side.
Graham Hess: Explain "act crazy".
Merrill: You know, curse and stuff.
Graham Hess: You want me to curse?
Merrill: You don't mean it...
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Including officer Caroline Paski, all the main characters (the Hess family) have blue eyes. See more »Goofs
They nail boards on the outside of inward-opening doors. Obviously this isn't going to prevent the doors from being opened, but anything is better than nothing and they're panicking anyway. Moreover, when Merrill asks Graham how they will know if boarding the windows will work, Graham replies, "Because they seem to have trouble with pantry doors". Graham is implying that if the aliens have trouble with pantry doors, boarding them can only help. Doing so also may give everyone, especially the children, a sense of hope and/or security. See more »Quotes
Graham Hess: Lionel Prichard and the Wolfington brothers are back.Merrill: It's time for an ass-whupping.
Graham Hess: This is not an intelligent way to approach this. Lee is a friend of mine. This is his son.
Merrill: Yeah, we'll be doing Lee a favor. All right, listen, we both go outside, move around the house in opposite directions. We act crazy, insane with anger, make them crap in their pants, force them around till we meet up on the other side.
Graham Hess: Explain "act crazy".
Merrill: You know, curse and stuff.
Graham Hess: You want me to curse?
Merrill: You don't mean it...
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Most of the people that comment on this movie are going to relate the fact that they were disappointed. And that's okay- your opinion of a movie should always include your pre-showing as well as post-showing emotions. But to those people I just have to say, "You just don't get it." Everyone is going into this movie thinking it is some kind of chilling horror, or blood-and-gore slasher flick. Shyamalan doesn't do those tired genres, thankfully. Instead, he gives us a warm, funny, emotionally-charged, and yes, suspenseful thriller which manages to compact an entire list of genres into one whole film.
I have seen the movie twice already- the first time for myself, and the second time just for crowd reactions. I wasn't bored through either showing. This is in part to some great acting by Phoenix, and some PHENOMENAL acting by the two child leads! Gibson isn't too bad either, but I have to admit, his part could have been played by anyone (sorry Mel :)
I think for the first time Shyamalan really brings us a film that doesn't rely on smoke and mirrors to please the audience. For all those naysayers out there, I would suggest that you view the film again, either now, or when it is available for home use. Look- and listen closer. You might just be able to make out the 'Signs.'