A bit of a disappointing combination

Rating: 5/10 (9 June 2011)

To put it bluntly, you expect more from a movie when it's being advertised as a major product of JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg.
There were some good one liners in the movie, and I enjoyed the kids, but overall the whole thing was lackluster and I'm still trying to figure out what the climax was supposed to be. Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning along with the other kids in the film were cast well, but their story line alone could have been developed into its own entity (minus the alien).
Visually it was pretty good to watch. The train crash was great and I liked the tones used in the film but, beyond that, the most enjoyable part was the sequence played during the credits. If you stay for the whole thing, make sure you tough it out and catch that part.