You guys got it all wrong!!

Rating: Null/10 (28 April 2003)

I've always read the IMDb's reviews because I've found them interesting and helpful when it comes to pick a movie to rent. But I've never posted a comment until now, since I feel I must say something in defense of this genuine gem.
*** POSSIBLE SPOILERS *** What is it with moviegoers that the minute they hear the word `Aliens' they immediately expect to see something like `Invasion of the Body Snatchers', `Alien', or `Independence Day' if you're the Bad Aliens type, or `E.T', & `The Abyss' if you like good aliens, or even `Close Encounters of the Third Kind' and `Contact' if you like the whole intrigue and suspense about finally contacting intelligent extraterrestrial life?
People, please, this movie isn't about aliens. They're totally incidental to the story. It could have been the hysteria about the cold war and the fear of a TWW, or a plague that would kill mankind. Whatever the case, the point of the story it's how an average farmer's family react to these situations, and how a retired reverend finds his faith again, simple as that. M Night went with Aliens just to give an original twist to the story, which by the way, you got to admit it was pretty shrewd.
I've always thought that `Sixth Sense' would have had a greater impact on viewers, if the ghost factor hadn't been known until it was told in the story. Think about it, the movie could have pass as a schizophrenic story, up to the moment when the secret of the kid was revealed. Unfortunately, the title of the movie reveals a lot, and the very same thing happened with `Signs'. Everybody were expecting a `Bad aliens' or a `Good Aliens' or a `Contacting the Aliens' movie, but it turned out to be a more depth, smart and human story than your average alien film.
If you didn't like the movie, see it again trying not to find answers to questions like how is it possible that the aliens didn't use their advanced technology?, or how they didn't notice they were invading a planet constituted 75% on water?. See the movie as it is, and don't look for alien signs, look for the divine ones, and that's it.