Review of The Signal (2007) by Katherine F — 20 Mar 2012

I think a lot of the reviewers got this one wrong. "The Signal" tries to show its audience that the line between sane and insane is very frail, and it asks the question: in a world of people going mad, how do we know we're not one of them? This is very clear during Part II of the film, when the audience begins to notice that there is something not quite right about the characters they thought were normal, and even question the reality surrounding the two protagonists. One leaves the film fairly confident that their heroic couple has defeated "the crazy" and went on to fight the signal; then, there are those of us who still wonder...

The reviews I've seen attempt to criticize this film are vague and discredit the artistic quality/ believe-ability, and seem disappointed by its schizophrenic story line. This sort of balking is about as deep as a wading pool. It seems that film critics are more schizophrenic in their aesthetic philosophies than this film is in production. If one carefully traces the theme, the dialogue, and the "logic" set up by the circumstances, it is obvious that this film is cohesive and comprehensible in the very least, and a work of art to those of us with a taste for psychology or philosophy.