Strip away the impressive CGI and you have... quite a good movie

Rating: 8/10 (22 December 2005)

Boasting some of the most memorable special effects to grace cinema screens in recent times - this Hollywood blockbuster has more substance than your usual CGI saturated film. This is partly due to its Orwellian roots, and also the fact that Spielberg does the novel justice with this excellent appropriation.
Whilst it boasts Tom Cruise as the star of this titanic struggle between worlds, the real talent in this film is Dakota Fanning - her acting is simply superb, further cementing her position as the best child-actor currently going around.
If you are into the science-fiction genre this is a must see, and even if you're not - War of the Worlds is worth a look.