cheesy fun

Rating: 1/10 (8 September 2002)

This movie was okay, I guess. At least until the (SPOILERS AHEAD!!!) silly men in the green suits showed up. I haven't seen aliens look this dopey since the first Star Trek series, which I loved by the way. Acting is all uniformly fine, with the one key exception of M. Night himself. He casts himself in a key role (of a man whose life has collapsed around him because of an accident) -and then blows it, almost ruining the film for me. I can't help but wonder what if Robert Duvall had played that role? Or Gene Hackman? Someone who has a lifetime of experience on their face? A fun diversion for summer, but nothing more than a '5' for me.