Crass commercialness displayed in a grand distorted reasonless manor

Rating: 5/10 (28 June 2002)

Alas, how unfortunate when a succesful movie maker who produced magnificient,sensitive and intelligent productions depicting social and original thoughts succumbs to repeated contrivances that demean his original genius. Up to this point, Spielberg thrilled us with imaginative creativity both in realism and touching imagination. Perhaps his failure in this present framework is in not truly exploring the depth of his subject matter. He is aware that our civil liberties are endangered and that truth is being constantly eroded. But,unfortunately, through personal fear or deliberate intent,he insults our intelligence with a contrived plot that hides the underlying honesty of saying it as it really is.
Take away his technical skills, he presents hollow characters that emit no warmth, no reality and no truth.