Finally a film by Spielberg that I can watch!!!

Rating: Null/10 (15 July 2003)

I hate Spielberg. I have not enjoyed/hated every one of his films. Well, which is it? Not enjoyed or hated? Both. Before he became the KING of Gollywood his stuff was sentimental and boring. Over and over again I'd go see his films in the hope that somehow he'd risen above the lowest common denominator , or I'd sunk into the miasma of critical and popular American taste. He'd been able to trivialize slavery, the Holocaust and war in his view of the Normandy invasion. I only rented this because I was desperate to fill the two for one offer at my local DVD dealer. Add to this how I despise the American Everyman, Mr. Tom Hanks, (I tried to overlook that he [the latter day James Stewart] was in the film ]).
I found myself chuckling. I found myself laughing. I found myself really enjoying a film, ONE, directed by Spielberg, and TWO, one in which, Tom (Jimmy) Hanks (Stewart) is one of the stars.
This is a funny and entertaining film, no matter what I've said about the principles.