The Steven Spielberg version of War of the Worlds had great special effects but bad character development and irritating, disrespectful kids. Signs, on the other hand, went the opposite direction. Very little special effects, but fantastic character development. You cared about the people so that when they were under threat, you wanted to jump into the movie and protect them. The overall theme of the movie is that there is a reason for everything--even disabilities and tragedy. This is a very difficult concept to portray and I have to hand it to writer/director M. Night Shyamalan for giving us something different than the average "scary UFO" action flick. This movie had true substance and ventured into topics and subjects that the typical Hollywood movie lacks.
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