Face it: this film is CRAP!

Rating: Null/10 (25 December 2003)

The comments from the people who actually enjoyed this piece of garbage are truly hysterical! The prevailing attitude seems to be that if you didn't like this film, you just didn't "get it". The insinuation behind this, of course, is that critics of "Signs" represent the lowest common denominator of modern moviegoers: those unthinking robots who are still amused by the explosion-heavy and plot-light action flicks of the Jerry Bruckheimer ilk. If this is the truth, then I guess I break the mold. Few people get more joy from all out assaults on Hollywood cliches than I do. I would much rather watch Jean Cocteau's "Blood of a Poet" than the latest Vin Diesel movie. I adore films that are RADICALLY thought-provoking and original, yet despise any film as logically incoherent as "Signs", regardless of how "cerebral" it might be. The notion that one must ignore the blatant plot holes in this film (which, frankly, indicate utterly INEPT screenwriting) in favour of paying attention to its "deeper meaning" is nothing but a cop-out! As far as I am concerned, "Signs" beats "Plan 9 from Outerspace" for the Worst Film Ever Made hands down! Don't waste your time with this laughably pathetic picture!
* out of *****