YIELD to my sixth sense and STOP before buying tickets

Rating: 3/10 (13 August 2002)

What's a reverend doing living on a farm smack dab in the middle of a cornfield?
This is but one incongruity in a movie with more holes than a wino's underwear.
"Signs" feels much like "Eyes Wide Shut," which was clearly made by someone who didn't get out much. "Signs" feels embalmed, airless, claustrophobic, even when outdoors in wide open spaces.
Shyamalan has quickly slid from the fresh and scary "Sixth Sense" to a movie that is baldly derivative of a half dozen other movies, especially "The Blair Witch Project." Like Sam Mendes, he has gotten too much control too quickly for his own good. But "Signs" is a big hit and Shyamalan will have even more clout next time up.