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Reiner said:Oh dear ...
Well, let's start from the beginning: The opening (narration by Morgan Freeman) sounds corny and Tom Cruise, who plays a dock worker, isn't really believable, trying too hard. Dakota Fanning, who plays his daughter, is just screaming most of the time while her movie brother Justin Chatwin pretends to be a child-psychologist and wannabe-soldier.
The story is lame, Spielberg trying the typical broken familiy concept: dad a divorcee and looser, son a bad boy and the smart-ass daughter. None of them are convincing in their roles and certainly no-one is going to win an Oscar here.
But the movie also has more holes than Swiss cheese - yes, it's an action/sci-fi film but here I nearly suspect intention. The effects are ok but nothing we haven't seen before and the aliens in action are the only bearable parts of the whole flick.
But the worst thing is the happy end, it's so cheesy I nearly had to vomit.
The best movie ever? No, maybe not the worst either but it's bad, and finally proof that Spielberg is a highly overrated director.
* * out of 5
Have to say you seem to be on your own (or should i say 1 of few) with the oppinions welcome as they are,
Everyone i have spoke to who has seen it loved it, and the reviews are fantastic even from the hard assed critics which normally slate summer blockbusters to high heaven, even the reviews on the not so good side still say overall its a great film let down by a few silly scenes
To me it seems spielberg has done good yet again and defo the best director in my eyes.