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Signs (2002) 6.7
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Reviews: 2,293 user | 199 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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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
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Touchstone Pictures, Blinding Edge Pictures, Kennedy/Marshall Company, The See more »
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Color (DuArt)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Officer Caroline: What's wrong?
Graham Hess: I don't hear my children.
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M. Night Shyamalan didn't want the trailers to make any reference to The Sixth Sense because he felt it didn't trust what was to come next. That it didn't give the film its own life, and audiences would assume Signs was exactly the same type of film as The Sixth Sense. See more »Goofs
The basement door is green in every shot except the very last one when Merrill is opening the door to go up and check for the "all clear" - it is a close-up of the handle and the door is painted brown. See more »Quotes
Graham Hess: Caroline. I don't want you calling me 'Father' anymore.Officer Caroline: What's wrong?
Graham Hess: I don't hear my children.
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I have been a horror film fan for 30 years. While I remember a few films actually scaring me as a kid (Jaws, Psycho), I have failed to encounter many in my adult life. I like to be scared, but Hollywood has seen fit to retread every tired formulaic convention in just about everything it throws at the local multiplex. Even the independent filmmakers, free of the "system", seem to forget what FEAR is. Mostly I sit solemnly staring in disbelief at the screen, waiting and hoping to get those goosebumps. Then, finally, we were given Signs. Most will say, including the director, that this is not a horror film; I genuinely disagree. If this is not a horror flick, then it is time for this film to start a branch of its own and begin a new genre. I admired every little aspect of this picture, from the use of everyday objects: baby monitor, a blank television screen and a half empty glass of water, to convey and act as a vehicle to extract fear from the ordinary. Most of all, Shyamalan is an expert craftsman and knows how to get the most out of space, actors and sound. It is the lingering shot on a basement staircase when you are desperately hoping he moves his camera to show us more, or the screeching sound in the next room whose source he won't reveal . This director knows just how long to hold the shot, to increase the tension and build the suspense, long enough for our mind to begin forming pictures. And those pictures can be the most frightening of all. Stay the course Shyamalan.