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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisEntertainment WeeklyClark CollisIf all this sounds like a souped-up episode of "The Twilight Zone" or "The X-Files," then you're in the right ballpark — or underground bunker.
- 75New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithIts young director, however, has a considerable flair for surprise and visual gusto, and he even, on a shoestring, delivers sharp-looking special effects.
- 72TheWrapTodd GilchristTheWrapTodd GilchristAlthough the film's ultimate payoff feels a little too big, and too insufficiently explained, to justify all of the obfuscation that led up to it, the script keeps the audience engaged and guessing right up to the end.
- 67Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleThe result is a bit like seeing a Nike commercial make a drunken pass at its friend’s manga collection while the X-Files DVDs watch from across the room; it may not make much sense, but at least it’s never boring.
- 63McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreSo even though Signal isn’t great sci-fi, you’d never know it to look at it and listen to it.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeCaptivating for a long stretch.
- 50VarietyGeoff BerkshireVarietyGeoff BerkshireExceedingly stylish and ultimately quite silly, The Signal is a sci-fi head trip better appreciated for the journey than the destination.
- 50Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezThe titular signal refers to the Nomad hacker's taunts, though it may as well point to the film's nature as a self-styled calling card.
- [A] lovingly crafted but insubstantial flash, though the mystery at heart sustains a first viewing.
- 40Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe persuasive power of individual moments suggests that director William Eubank has a bright future — and could push himself harder when writing his scripts.