Movie Review - "Signs" 08/02/02

This is a movie review for "Signs" released August 2, 2002. I watched this on VHS.



Trailer:

Cast:
Mel Gibson ("The Patriot" (2000) Benjamin Martin, "Braveheart" (1995) William Wallace) -    Rev. Graham Hess
Joaquin Phoenix ("The Village" (2004) Lucius Hunt, "Gladiator" (2000) Commodus) -    Merrill Hess
Rory Culkin ("Mean Creek" (2004) Sam Merrick, "You Can Count on Me" (2000) Rudy Prescott) -         Morgan Hess
Abigail Breslin ("Zombieland" (2009) Little Rock, "Ender's Game" (2013) Valentine Wiggin)   - Bo Hess






Plot:
A former Catholic clergy man named Graham, having lost his wife in a crash six months ago, his children Morgan and Bo, and his brother Merrill live on a farm outside a town in Philadelphia. Graham wakes up, finds his children out of bed, and finds them in the field staring at a crop sign crunched into the field. And their two german shepherds are barking like crazy. What could it be? Aliens?! How do they survive an alien invasion? Can they survive it?







Criteria:
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around – characters, music, theme, storyline, etc.


3/5 - Acting was pretty terrible in this movie all around! The son (played by Culkin) was creepy from the beginning. I was not sure if I was rooting for the downfall or the salvation of the boy.

The plot points were kinda expected (except the very ending). The only thing that I found interesting in this whole movie was *SPOILERS* the aliens being super weak to water. Like, let's dump some water on you and see you scream and melt from it. Like really?

The few things in the plot came together at the end: Morgan's asthma, Bo's obsession with water glasses, Merrill's baseball career, and Graham's faith. However, that doesn't make the movie good. I am okay with having seen it but I definitely don't like it enough to want to watch this again. In my opinion, this is a BAD movie for horror and a BAD movie for science fiction. >.>