Eh. (May be a spoiler.)

Rating: 4/10 (1 July 2005)

It was OK. I mean, it wasn't bad, it wasn't great, it was OK. It was what I expected, but nothing more. I mean, I can't describe it. The acting in the first 15 minutes was kinda bad... the ending was very predictable... some scenes were entertaining, but that was about it. I didn't find myself getting into it. I was more entertained by Tom Cruise's sudden loss of public self control and mental stability in real life than the actual film itself.
All in all the movie wasn't horrible, but it wasn't all it was hyped up to be. It was just another movie about evil aliens trying to take over the earth and a family trying to find each other. **Small spoiler here if you're an M. Night Shamalan fan.**
(Can we say M. Night's "Signs"?) oh well.
See a matinée or wait till the DVD. just my opinion. Sorry Spielberg. You should have kept your promise when you said you'd NEVER depict Aliens as evil creatures. You were more successful.