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Re: First review of Signs, and others...

I saw it this weekend. Emotionally hollow and flawed in several dimensions. The director has become so enamored with his trademark surprise endings that seems to be all he can think about. As a result it makes his films feel entirely too contrived, all aiming for the big pay-off. In the 6th Sense it worked. In Unbreakable it fell flat as a board (who really cares about comics other than comic book fans?) and here it lands somewhere in between. The other striking thing about this film is how derivative it is. Its like his first two films channeled through Poltergeist and Close Encounters - down to the precocious kids who carry a large part of the story (such as it is) forward.

This director seems to be a one trick pony and It's going to be interesting to see how much longer he can ride it before coming up with another remotely innovative idea...

joe


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