this movie is so disappointing... don't waste your time

Rating: 4/10 (5 August 2002)

I really adore Shyamalan for "Sixth Sense", but "Signs" is maybe the biggest disappointment of this movie season. And it's too bad, because the movie starts out so strong and the first 30 minutes are absolutely thrilling. However, the more time passes the more it appears that the movie doesn't have any story to tell. You are waiting for a "big bang" ending like in "Sixth Sense" or "Unbreakable"? Well, your patience won't be rewarded. The inevitable weakness of this movie is its over-constructed plot. Shyamalan is searching for the mysterious elements and explanations that made his former movies so famous - without success. I would love to discuss the final explanation for it all and its stupidity, but I would tell the ending and obviously shouldn't do that. But it appears to me - and I guess I can tell you that without telling you too much - that Shyamalan wants to tell us that "God is the answer" to it all... Is this really all the message? In the end this movie leaves the viewer alone and this is sad... All I can give you for now is an advise: Don't waste your money for this Hollywood crap! And if you do, don't expect anything special, because this movie is a prime example for a hype that doesn't keep its promises. There are so many other movies out there that deserve to get your bucks...