Good Special Effects but Poor Storytelling

Rating: 3/10 (10 July 2005)

Well this movie is definitely not the best work of Spielberg. The special effects are done well but everything else in the movie really falls short. There is no real character development and you don't really get to know the characters and their relationship with each other. Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning chemistry as father and daughter doesn't work even though Dakota screen presence is much better than Tom. Also there is small part with Tim Robbins but it really feels out of place. The movie is really a long 2 hour one act film and doesn't seem to go anywhere and the pieces don't fall into place at the end making it plot unbelievable.