Good stuff.

Rating: Null/10 (17 February 2003)

Spoilers enclosed!!!!!!!!!!!
Give the poor man a break!
Firstly, I would just like to point out something to the (re)viewers who were dissappointed not to get another "independence day" in this movie - apologies for being anal but who says alien invaders have to be intelligent? The fact they have to stick big holes in cropfields for navigation says to me they ain't got satnav on board! This is a species on "a raid", and may travel the stars in craft for supplies as man does with no more science than a hollowed out tree.
This film is no better than the scene in the army recruitment office. Joaqim
Phoenix' character is mocked by a local hood.He responds with a subtle
movement causing a flinching reaction from the pleb. Detail.Emotion. Reaction. Brilliant.
The director is hoping his audience is smart enough to fill in the spaces for themselves, he goes full on for the Hitchcock tip, from cameos to the score, but guess what? He pulls it off.
Smart movie, beautifully made, some cheese, but hey, it's Disney.