M. Night's finest hour

Rating: 7/10 (22 January 2005)

This film left me wanting more, and more, and more of M. Night Shyamalan's films. It truly is his finest hour in film-making, with his suspense-thriller 'The Sixth Sense' coming in a close second.
The film surrounds the plight of the Hess family, that is, Graham (Mel Gibson) the father, Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix) the brother of Graham, and the two children Morgan and Bo. They discover a series of crop signs in their corn fields, and as the movie unfolds the Hess family and the entire world is faced with a potential invasion from extra-terrestrials.
Shyamalan truly is a brilliant storyteller. He uses brilliant setting, camera angles and lighting to leave you breathless. The casting is also brilliant, with Gibson doing a fine job as Graham Hess, Phoenix enchanting as Merrill, and the two children do a thoroughly capable job of portraying Graham's sometimes quirky children. Another fine feature of Signs is the musical score. Perfectly timed, the music is haunting and windy, helping the watcher's imagination to follow its path.
This movie is worth a watch. Then another. And another. I've seen it 5 times, and it gets better every time.