People complaining about the lack of plot must have had their eyes closed and hands over their ears.

Rating: 9/10 (20 July 2005)

This movie is almost perfect! I heard from everyone that I should go see it so I decided to check it out for myself. I was amazed at this film, most sci-fi films bore me to death (some have actually put me to sleep) I hear people complaining about a lack of plot, but these people must take to the liking of Kill Bill and other horrid movies. These are the people only looking the synopsis of the film. The plot is there, it is about a family working their way through a hostile situation. To argue this movie had no plot, is to argue great books such as NIGHT had no plot because the main character was basically powerless. I'm trying not to include spoilers so bear with me, please. All I can say to not spoil anything for you, story wise, is that the movie does have a plot, and it's about a family working through the hostile invasion of aliens. Which sound's horrible when written or said, but is beautifully done in the movie.
The acting in this movie is great, though I could do without Dakota Fanning's high pitched screams at such a high volume. Everyone is great, I cannot just compliment Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning, since everyone had done a fantastic job.
For the special effects, I'm usually one of those people that hates cg effects, but I feel they were done really great in this movie. Nothing looked fake for even an instant. The movie certainly is a lot of eye candy.
Don't ask me why this is only a nine out of ten, there is just something keeping me from giving it a perfect score, I guess I just feel as though I shouldn't give them out much. For many people other than me, this will probably be a 10/10.