Maybe I need to see this film again.

Rating: 5/10 (1 September 2002)

This is an interesting film. The plot is kind of stupid and unbelievable, but that is secondary to the human struggles going on with Grant, Merrill, and the children. The events occuring worldwide are out-of-focus and surreal, but the fear, confusion, and family bonding of the family are intense. The characters are stressed out by the death of their wife and mother six months prior, and the alien invasion puts them all close to psychosis. They make it through the crisis of the attack, but whether the strength comes from a mystical message from the dying wife/mother, common sense (hit them with the bat, stupid), or a little of both, are questions that this film tantalizes with. I would view this film again, just wouldn't pay top $ - wait until video. It's a philosophically exotic film on one level, and a 20 year old B-Movie alien invasion on another.