Feel some viewers might have missed the signs

Rating: 10/10 (10 November 2019)

I was blown away when I first watched this and continue to be with every watch.
A really clever piece of writing that I fear some viewers are missing the symbolism of. This is not a movie abput aliens any more than it is a movie about religion. The decifer, I believe, is in it's title "Signs" Beautifully ambiguous, it mostly leaves the viewer to decide what that means to them through plot and purposeful (but sometimes easily missed) imagery.
The alien presence that some seem so hung up on (that also cleverly helps subvert the films genre) is merely a clever tool acting as the protagonist to forward the characters journey through their own belief of fate/ luck/ religion/ beliefs/ spirituality etc which they feel ultimately defines them and their life as a whole.
Whilst the aliens are integral to plot momentum, they are NOT what the film is about. The film centers on a family broken and lost by personal tragedy, the dad especially, as he loses his faith in both religion and his own personal worth (noted by his brother who has his own life come downs) which is doubly scarring as he was the priest and the social glue for an American small farming town.
It culminates in a series of unconnected "coincidences" that reaffirms Graham's (Gibson) faith in himself as both a father figure of his family where he sees he has failed, and as a Father of faith and support for the community.
We all search for meaning and design in our lives regardless of belief, and I think this movie speaks to that.
"What kind of person are you .." speech encapsulates this in a bit shell.
Beautiful cinematography, pace, dialogue and casting.
If you watch this, go in with no preconceptions, an open mind and not expecting a movie about alien invasion.
Hopefully you'll come out of it with a feeling of personal connection and self journey with the characters yourself.