Signs story
Signs is a 2002 American science fiction mystery thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and produced by Shyamalan, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Sam Mercer. Synopsis: A former Episcopal priest discovers a series of crop circles in his cornfield, and slowly discovers that the phenomenon is a result of extraterrestrial life.
23 total · 12 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| attack from outer space | major | The story shows an alien invasion unfolding from the vantage point of an isolated family farm. |
| brother and brother | major | Graham and his younger brother Merrill were coordinating to protect Graham's young kids (and themselves) from nefarious space aliens. |
| brother and sister | major | Morgan and his kid sister Bo were caught up in all the goings on surrounding the alien invasions, and the apparent arrival of aliens on their farm. |
| coping with a crisis of faith | major | The story explores how Graham, a former Episcopal priest, lost his faith after his wife died tragically in a traffic accident. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | major | Graham was having a hard time accepting that his wife was really gone. |
| crackpot theory | major | The film confronts the viewer with the idea that crop circles are being made by extraterrestrials. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | A humanoid alien was terrorizing the Hess family in and around their isolated farmhouse. This was just one small front in an alien invasion of Earth. |
| family affairs | major | The story explored how the close knit Hess family came together in the wake of Colleen Hess dying tragically in a traffic accident. Her husband Graham lost his faith, their two young children struggled to understand why she had died, and Graham's younger brother Merrill moved to their farm to be there for them. |
| father and daughter | major | Graham and his relationship with his young daughter Bo was explored throughout the story. |
| father and son | major | Graham and his relationship with his young son Morgan was explored throughout the story. |