Will Smith Steals The Show

Rating: 8/10 (29 November 2017)

Continuing my plan to watch every Will Smith movie in order, I come to Independence Day (1996)
Plot In A Paragraph: The aliens come to invade and destroy Earth. Mankind, well America, fights back on Independence Day.
This is pure popcorn entertainment at its best. Ridiculously silly, so certainly don't think about it, corny as hell and featuring some seriously awkward acting, but damn if it isn't a good fun.
Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum are great Of the supporting Harry Connick Jr is one annoying man. Thankfully his screen time is limited. Judd Hirsh, Robert Loggia and Randy Quaid all offer solid support, but actors like James Duval and Harvey Fierstein are awful. As for Will Smith, he is top billed in the credits, but he is not the selling point of the movie, and he doesn't appear to the 25 minute mark, but he steals the movie with a very flashy performance.
Independence Day grossed $306 million at the domestic box office, to end 1996 the highest grossing movie of the year.
So Will Smith joins Sly, Arnie and Tom Cruise in starring in a highest grossing movie of the year.