A great movie - with a few holes in the plot *no spoiler review*

Rating: 8/10 (7 August 2002)

I was highly anticipating Signs. I wholly trusted that the Director of Unbreakable and the Sixth Sense would lead me through another great suspenseful story and he certainly delivered!
M. Night knows how to build suspense using mood, music and cinematography. Some of the devices used to create tension and foreshadowing are brilliant. He also seems to be able to coax great performances from his actors.
I was a bit worried that having Mel Gibson as the lead would be distracting (he looks too familiar), but this was not a problem.
The only downside of this movie experience for me (and yes - it was an experience) is that afterwards, some things don't add up. For the first time in an M. Night film I thought that he "cheated". In an effort to be clever - some basic logic was ignored.
I will say though that this did not detract from the movie while I was watching it - only after.
Still highly recommended 8/10