Signing Off

Rating: 1/10 (2 August 2004)

Sometimes writers have only one good story to tell like the Wachowski Brothers who did Matrix and the God-awful double dose of sequences. That seems to be the case with M. Night Shyamalan. The Sixth Sense was a masterpiece. Everything came together. One could identify with the characters. Then came Unbreakable, a ridiculous comic book creation with cardboard characters at best. Then came Signs, which I think should have been titled Unwatchable. This wasn't a movie, it was a slide show, though I admire Shyamalan for being able to cram a 20 minute script into nearly two hours. Watch the touching moments when characters search for an intelligent line and fail. Wait for that heartfelt moment when Mel walks in on Joaquin and the kids to find them all wearing hats made of aluminum foil. Sit pinned to the edge of your seat for the stupidest ending ever filmed. And bring a book and a flashlight to pass the time during all the pregnant pauses. You'll need it to keep from falling asleep.