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signs (2002)

signs
Signs
PG-13
Drama
Documentary
Mystery
Sci-Fi
Thriller

Release Date
August 2, 2002
Runtime
106
Main Genre
Drama
Studio
Touchstone Pictures
Tagline
It's not like they didn't warn us.

Summary

A widowed Pennsylvania farmer, Graham Hess (Mel Gibson), discovers strange 500-foot crop circles in his corn fields. Were they created by pranksters or ? aliens? Along with his brother, Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix), and his two children, daughter Bo (Abigail Breslin) and son Morgan (Rory Culkin), Graham searches for the answer, and it's not long before others are searching, too.

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