Comical

Rating: 3/10 (1 March 2003)

A movie about intergalactic space travelers who can be defeated by a squirt gun and retaliate by inspirng asthmatic attacks in young children, Signs is extremely hard to take seriously. I kept on waiting for the humans to wise up and break out the Macintoshes, but after seeing the alien(s) at the end, I guess why bother. Lock 'em in the closet, beat them over the head with a bat, and turn on the sprinklers. Problem solved.
Oh well. Not sure if anything could have been made of this movie given that people have admitted to creating crop circles with boards strapped to their feet, but whatever might have been made of it, certainly wasn't here. Kind of uplifting in a way -- after watching this movie I say bring the space aliens on! I've got my garden hose and a healthy supply of water balloons.
Guess you can give it a few stars just for the reasonably moody style and acting (you can really sense the presence of the Sixth Sense's director at times). But as anything that's supposed to be remotely frightening this movie is an abject failure. In fact with a little work could have been a nice parody.