good scary moments, lack of battles scenes

Rating: 6/10 (3 July 2005)

Dakota Fanning was incredible as usual as was Justin Chatwin, Tom Cruise was OK. There were some great scares but too much emphasis on gore and death and alien machines. Not enough plot, final battle scene or sufficient explanation of ending. Tim Robbins underused and weird interaction with Tom Cruise's character. Too much special effects not enough good dialogue or storyline. Loved interaction between Dakota and Justin. Mirando Otto played great part as mom dealing with family issues. Great fan of Spielberg however thought this one belonged with "A.I" as lacking in his usual fabulous story, plot, dialogue and ingenuity. Overall, thought this was good for DVD watching but not up paying money for theater watching.