A very disappointing film after all of the hype

Rating: 4/10 (1 July 2005)

It is incredible to believe that Tom Cruise got so many millions of dollars for his contribution to this film (I believe in excess of 100 million). In my opinion, there are many actors who are far less well-paid who could have made a better and more convincing job of acting in this particular roll.
The 'acting' by other members of the cast was also rather stilted and'wooden', especially that of Cruise's 'son' who was so unconvincing that even after just a short while of the film finishing, my partner and I could not remember his name. Cruise's screen 'daughter' although much younger made probably the best contribution to acting. Even with the effects, that is the 'aliens' who make by far the most convincing contribution, the film was in our opinion a wash out and very disappointing.