This will be a cult classic in the future.

Rating: 8/10 (29 November 2012)

Honestly, I don't understand why this film didn't receive the love it deserves. Maybe it's because this generation of audience prefers action and fact over allurement and artistry. Or maybe because it escaped the viewers' understanding of poetic story telling. The art of story telling has no restraints in any case. Any argument against a film's regard for scientific, historical, and logical accuracy is already invalid, because a film is not made to be truthful, it's made to be experienced.
To see a film should be to have a dream. Sometimes dreams disagree with what is logical in this world, but it is the journey that captivates you. The way a story is told is what should define it.
In Signs, all elements work together to create power in poetry. Never have I heard a film's score fit so perfectly to its mood. Camera angles and duration leave you hanging while throwing you into the story, letting you witness it as if you were there, as well as holding symbolic themes of which most viewers miss. The dialogue is real and philosophical, and whether a believer or not, will cause thought provoking attention. The story is fascinating and is supported by actors who completely capture the awe and disbelief of what they are experiencing. There are metaphors and allegory around every corner. There's tenderness and there's heart break, there's joy and there's terror, there's comedy and there's utter sincerity. You experience an alien invasion unlike any other, with an isolated family so blissfully ignorant to what is happening that it alone is terrifying. It is exquisitely genuine.
Sometimes if you want to subtly and metaphorically portray a fault or weakness in a characters motive, you may make him unable to perform the simplest task of opening a pantry door or inability to come in contact with the purist of substances. In order to be a creative and intelligent story teller, you must sometimes break rules of logic.
As a viewer who judges a film by its poetic integrity and engaging experience rather than its coherence with and regard to real life logic, I give Signs an 8 out of 10.