Can you say false advertising?

Rating: Null/10 (9 January 2003)

When I first saw the trailer for this film, I was immediately interested in seeing it. I concluded from the trailer that this film would be a science fiction film about an alien invasion of Earth. And although the film does involve an alien invasion, it has almost nothing to do with the real meaning of the film. Having seen the trailer before viewing this film, I had high expectations of how much I would enjoy it, but even before the closing credits I was extremely disappointed with what I saw.
I think this film was advertised the way it was in order to attract more viewers, or perhaps certain types of viewers, not to accurately describe the film (which in itself is not that surprising). Although it was fairly popular at the box office, it seems that most people were not satisfied. Just check out IMDB's discussion board to see how many people strongly dislike the film. So my words of advice for this film are "don't judge a book by its cover" (or a film by its trailer).