Overall the movie is a letdown and the ending is a copout

Rating: 7/10 (11 June 2011)

I went into this movie knowing it was PG-13 which nowadays means scary for a 13yo and little violence and if anyone does get killed it's off screen or blurred. There are one or 2 deaths that are violent enough to border on an r rating but everything else is kiddie. The special effects and shock moments that have you jump are not bad but they alone cant carry this movie. Some of the acting is pretty bad and it drags quite frequently. The kids act better than the adults and their range of emotion is why I didn't lower my rating even more. The ending is typical Spielberg schtick and a definite cop out as if they couldn't figure out how to end it and maybe threw ideas into a hat and picked one. I saw it in an IMAX theater which I'd recommend especially for the train crash scene or you'll miss the feel of it. Overall a 7/10 , the kids acting is a 10 the rest of the movie is a 4.