"Boring Report" is More like it.

Rating: 5/10 (2 April 2003)

Too long, too long, too long, too long...by about forty minutes. This would have been a much more effective movie had Spielberg opted for "addtion by subtraction". Because he opts for the extra length, this film collapses under it's own weight. It begins well enough, ends typically, everything in between is muddled, predictable and boring. Hence, most of it was expendable. I don't understand why this film got such rave reviews, the actors gave journeyman performances and the special effects were good...but not great. There was nothing here to set this film apart from any of the other mediocre, over long, self important sci-fi blockbusters that have been inflicted on us over the past few years. Count yourself fortunate if you missed this in the theatre. On DVD, at least, you can fast forward through the plodding, boring middle of the film.