Similarities to Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds".

Rating: 10/10 (8 August 2002)

SIGNS was about a ball of other things than crop circles or aliens which were really a vehicle for the movie's message about family and coping with your situation. All the characters were genuine with imaginable dialogue. The best thing about it is the things it didn't have. There is no stupid secondary love story added, no portrayal of bratty mouthy disrepectful children, no blood or gore, no techno overload, and no helpless women. Location, sets, script, filming and casting were superb. From the interesting method of credits at the beginning, the special effects were exactly right and in the right quantity to help pull you in without typical overload of most movies. The use of sound and the unseen were most effective. There were plenty of places this movie could have gone, but the package presented was perfect. Of particular note, the movie theater crowd itself seemed very diverse and older with very little audience chatter. Later, I thought this had similarities to Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds".