Screaming Dakota

Rating: 4/10 (16 April 2014)

I saw this movie once again last night and I thought I could get past Fanning's infantile screaming - no dice. Not a bad movie actually but spending so much time getting the audience conditioned to Fanning's idiotic screaming was the major reason for the fast-forward button on my remote that I almost erased by pressing so hard.
Actually I could almost understand it however in soooo many places in one movie was just too much. It was as irritating as watching the obligatory puke scene or bathroom scene more than once in a movie. Listening to little Dakota put on her screaming rants made any scene unwatchable. Thank God for mute or ff.
Then she also did the exact same scream - ridiculously high pitched like she was in massive pain - when she ran a block and a half to hug mommy. Think about it. Either the director or the producer - Spielberg probably - has a thing about screaming children under 10 for an entire movie. In fact after the 2nd scream it was painfully obvious that it was not going to stop.
At least Tom Cruise didn't do a lot of screaming. If anything he settled down for most of it as he does at least one screaming thing in every movie to display his acting ability.
I'll never understand why screaming in a movie is supposed to equate to acting. Oh well.
The bright spot lasted only one frame - one frame!!!!!!!! Both Ann Robinson and Gene Barry played grandparents. One frame. If you blinked you lost it.
After seeing Barry and Robinson - and comparing her part with Dakota Fanning's screaming it re-reminded me of why I can't stand cute children in movies.
Pitiful.