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Mike LaSalle of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' gave the film one star out of four, feeling that the film had "few thoughts and no thrills."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Signs-of-distress-Shyamalan-s-puzzling-plot-2788009.php | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | title='Signs' of distress / Shyamalan's puzzling plot circles go flat quickly | first=Mick | last=Lasalle | date=2002-08-02}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''{{'}}s Todd McCarthy criticised the film for its lack of originality, writing "After the overwrought ''[[Unbreakable (film)|Unbreakable]]'' and now the meager ''Signs'', it's fair to speculate whether Shyamalan's persistence in replicating the otherworldly formula of ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'' might not be a futile and self-defeating exercise."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117918322.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |title=Signs Movie Review |first=Todd |last=McCarthy |date=2002-07-29 |accessdate=2011-02-21}}</ref>
 
Despite being widely praised some critics pointed out flaws in the film, Doug Walker, known as the [[Nostalgia Critic]] stated in his review of the film that it is "overly dramatic, annoyingly slow, has a real ego when it comes to its own style, and of course any sense of logic is totally ignored."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/35585-signs |work=[[That Guy With the Glasses]] |title=Signs Movie Review |date=2012-06-12 |accessdate=2014-09-12}}</ref>
 
In 2004, the film was listed as #77 on [[Bravo (U.S. TV channel)|Bravo]]'s ''100 Scariest Movie Moments'' for the Brazilian birthday party scene.