An anti-Job for Mel (tv)

Rating: 4/10 (18 January 2014)

So, if I'm right, the illness of his son, the alien invasion, all this was orchestrated to make Mel a believer again after the death of his wife! It's indeed the opposite of the biblical Job who never lost his faith facing some personal disaster. Maybe that's the reason (the sign) why the alien would choose their farm to come because it's so stupid to think otherwise! Sincerely, this is however greatly far-fetched and this movie can't reach the value of the "X-files" or "War of the worlds", albeit mixing faith and alien is indeed the right question to ask: if a God create us, what about the aliens so: did he create them also? In that perspective, the offers doesn't bring elements and its only good conclusion is to say that the believer never feels alone!
Next, the alien invasion has never been so mistreated in a movie: maybe the beginning with the crop circle is good but the later capture of one alien in a attic is stupid and when we saw them, they look just bad.
In addition, the directing is awful as Shamalayan just refuses to do it: he just put down the camera and the movie is about characters watching it. So, it's very static and quickly, it gives headaches.
So for the one who was labeled as the next Spielberg, it was a bit too early and this movie and following prove that he hasn't the stuff.