Spielberg ruins yet another prolific work of American lit.

Rating: Null/10 (13 August 2003)

Leave it to Spielberg to ruin an otherwise genius work of Science Fiction by Philip K. Dick. If movies like this, the Color Purple or Schindler's List inspire people to go out and read the original works -- then I have to at least give him that much credit. Then again, the more people actually read these stories (and come to realize Spielberg's gross misinterpretation of each of them), the smaller his future audiences will become. This probably won't matter much though, considering all of his audiences seem to have an intellectual age of about 9-11 years (I loved "Jaws" - I was 9 years old), which appears to be a large segment of the movie-going audience.
The story line is still compelling, despite the childish special effects. If you only have enough money to buy the book OR see the movie, buy the book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0806523794/