Released: 2002
Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan
Written By: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix.
Rating: PG-13
Rent or Buy?: Definately BUY!
"It's happening."
Story:
Graham Hess, who left the church 6 months ago due to the death of his wife awakens one morning hearing his daughter scream, him and his brother, who had moved in to help deal with the loss of Graham's wife. They chase the noise to the cornfield where they find a 500-foot crop circle. After reporting this to the police Graham, Merrill, Bo, and Morgan see a news telecast of other crop signs all over the world. The children immediately believe extra-terrestrials did it, Graham and Morgan are at first skeptical until Morgan sees more and more evidence that it is extra-terrestrials and agrees with the children. After an incident at Ray Reddy's house, Graham is convinced a hostile alien invasion is about to begin and him and his family board up their house and hide there waiting for it to pass over.
Justin Whittaker's Review:
WHAT AN EXCELLENT MOVIE !!!!!! Shyamalan does it again! Personally I think this is probably the best of all his movie, even topping The Sixth Sense. This movie has it all as it makes us "jump" in parts, drops our jaws and forces us to watch a specific part again to see if what we saw was what we saw. This movie also contains alot more comedy than Shyaman's previous works. In the end you won't be sleeping tonight without the thought in the back of your head, "could Signs really happen?"
* * * * stars out of 4
Hilarious/Memorable Quotes:
Bo: There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
Graham: Morgan, you're scaring your sister.
Bo: I'm already scared.
Graham: Everybody in this family needs to just calm down and eat some fruit or something.
Bo: Don't give him that water it's dirty.
Morgan: Bo, He licks his own butt, I don't think he will mind.
Merrill: Alright, we run out there act crazy, make em crap in their pants.
Graham: Define "act crazy."
Merrill: You know curse and stuff!
Graham: You expect me to curse ?
Merrill: You don't mean it, it is just for show.
Graham: I can't curse.
Merrill: Make noises then.
Graham: Define "noises."
Merrill: (annoyed) Are you gonna do this or not ? Alright on the count of 3.....1-2-3.
(both run different directions)
Graham: AH I'M INSANE WITH ANGER!
Merrill: WE'RE GONNA BEAT YOUR ASS BITCH!
Graham: I'm losing my mind!
Merrill: I'M GONNA TEAR YOUR HEAD OFF!
Graham: (sees shadow on ground) Its time for an ass whoopin'!
Merrill: There are many things that I can take. But what I can't take is when my older brother, who's everything that I want to be, starts losing faith in things. I saw that look in your eyes last night. I don't ever want to see that look in your eyes again.
Merrill: Morgan, this crop stuff is just about a bunch of nerds who never had a girlfriend their lives. They're like thirty now. They make up secret codes and analyze Greek mythology and make secret societies where other guys who never had girlfriends can join in. They do stupid crap like this to feel special. It's a scam. Nerds were doin' it twenty five years ago and new nerds are doing it again.
Graham: Its just static, Morgan. Maybe new batteries.
[Weird noises come from the baby monitor.]
Morgan: It's a code.
Bo: Why couldn't they get girlfriends ?
Merrill: (trying to see amateur footage of alien on TV and children in film are in the view path) Move, children! Vamanos!
Graham: You're wasting your time here! I'm not going to report this or anything you do to my crops to the police or news or anybody! You're not going to get famous!
Graham: People break down into two groups when the experience something lucky. Group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching over them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just happy chance. And surely, the people in Group number two are looking at those fourteen lights in very suspicious way. For them, the situation is fifty-fifty. Could be bad, Could be good. But deep down, they feel that whatever happens, they're on their own. And that fills them with fear. Yeah, there are those people. But there's a whole lot of people in the Group number one. When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever's going to happen, there will be someone their to help them. And that fills them with hope. So what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you: are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Or, look at the question this way: Is it possible that there are no coincidences? Or is it possible that we are alone and there is no one looking out for us.
Graham: Swing away Merrill, swing away.