outstanding

Rating: 9/10 (23 July 2005)

I must say, if you are familiar with Orson Welles' 1939 radio play of this novel, you will be very pleased with the movie. Granted there are a couple of places where it seemed Spielberg must have been drinking heavily before filming, such as was the way the story went, but overall it is very very respective of the 1939 radio version. I am intimately familiar with all versions of this work and this is one of the best I have seen. I am not a Tom Cruise fan, but I give him his props for this one. He played the role very well and very convincingly. And the choice for the narrator will knock you off your seat!
But having read some of the other comments submitted herein, I am realizing that this was a waste of time and celluloid. People are apparently missing the point of this movie very widely. This is a movie version of the 1939 radio play. Not of the novel or the 1953 movie. I cannot see how people are missing this obvious point.