And a lot of stuff was happening all at once.

Rating: 6/10 (10 June 2011)

The brightest part of this movie are the kids and their performances. Very likable and relatable. And it was fairly obvious that we were looking into an aspect of the past of producer Steven Spielberg. I didn't know the plot before I showed up at the theater this morning. I didn't mind that the action took awhile to get going. We were looking at some earnest kids trying to finish their movie while dealing with a little angst and a terrific loss for the lead. After the action gets going with the monster you could really see the hand and attributes of a Spielberg production. They were all thrown in here. Not all of it made sense. For instance, the monster seemed to be alone in his fury and wrath against humans but there were attacks all over town simultaneously and continuously. Pretty busy for a single monster. And it made the action pretty unreliable. One gets used to rolling ones eyes once in a while. Toward the end I couldn't keep my eyes still.
I give the movie 6 out of 10 stars because of the charming leads but only 6 due to its need for severe belief suspension.