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Rating: 8/10 (28 June 2005)

I am going back a bit now when I went to watch this at the cinema. But all the same, this film was and is a very very good one. I know that it is just another Americanised movie where the U.S. defeats the enemy, but the special effects, the realism of the aliens and the use of Area 51 is just brilliant.
At the time of the movies' release, Will Smith's character was well played, but watching it again today, his character annoys me a bit. He plays the typical black man with an attitude problem. Stereotyped in my opinion. The actor that steals the film for me is Jeff Goldblum. His character is witty yet heroic. This performance helps the film become more realistic in the sense of his ability to act. The film doesn't just rely on special effects.