Weak

Rating: 1/10 (4 July 2005)

I expected a lot more from a Spielberg film. Good effects, but good lord it was boring. Tom Cruise gave a good performance, and Dakota Fanning has the making's of a superstar, but half way through the film I was wanting it to be over. The whole Tim Robbins part was worthless, trying to give us an "on the edge of our seat feel" in the basement ... but it fails miserably. How many "close encounters" can one man have while running from the aliens, and not get killed, especially while wearing a Yankees hat. Now his son had all the luck in the world, it must have been the Red Sox hat, but seriously, the cheap thrills wore me out. Should have waited to rent it, at least then I could have taken a break every 15 minutes to do something exciting.