'Okay' movie until...

Rating: 6/10 (11 July 2005)

This movie is over hyped (or something like that). It's okay up to the point we see the actual aliens in a scene that looked a lot like the '2 raptors in the kitchen' from Jurassic Park. All downhill from there. The ending looks like they were out of time. The first part is really nice. Great cinematography. Tom cruise goes 'through the motions' and I think he reached the point of being to famous to play a real character (not his fault). The 'kids' are okay; just playing annoying kids. So, enjoyable but after watching it I couldn't help but thinking it was sort of a rush job. Set my hopes too high; for great director+great story I expected more.