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Rating: Null/10 (23 October 2011)

The movie has a nice touch to it. Bringing a few good friends as kids kinda remind me of the old movie Stand By Me. But that's where the good ends. The suspense built around how the monster/alien looks like is dragged far too long. At the moment I caught a glimpse of the alien, I waited a little more to see how it looks like. And the wait became too long. I can only see how the alien looks like near the end of the film, which spoils the suspense.
Steven Spielberg is getting old I guess. But on the plus side, the alien effects are pretty good. Appears authentic. But there are scenes where it does not make sense. for example, after the boy rescue the girl, if I were them, i'd be running away from the like hell. But no, they decided to chat and hug first. Meh. Come on.