And the moral of the story is....

Rating: Null/10 (2 August 2002)

....you've got to have faith.
Honestly, that's the most glaring thing that I remember from this movie. The last five minutes or so of the film reduce the whole thing to some kind of blatantly obvious morality play. As if one obvious statement of "moral" isn't enough, we get three of them in a row!
Certainly, the film was very well done. I was definitely entertained by this thing. I don't regret spending my money on it at all. In fact, I was quite impressed by how little the movie relied on its special effects. It's nice to see a movie driven by pure acting and storytelling rather than flashy effects.
The real problem that I have with this movie is that it isn't what I went to see. I went to see some kind of alien sci-fi thing...and that's not what Signs is. The whole crop circles thing is just a sub-plot. This movie is really about Father Graham's crisis of faith. It's all about learning to accept the bad as well as the good, and keeping your faith through it all. And again, if you don't pick that up during the movie itself you'll get it nailed into your skull during the last five minutes.