Storyline
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Directors
Cast
Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Tom Cruise, Amy Ryan, Morgan Freeman, Channing Tatum, Tom Kenny, Columbus Short, David Alan Basche, Takayo Fischer, Lenny Venito, Ty Simpkins, Marlon Young, Lisa Ann Walter, Yul Vazquez, Rick Gonzalez, James DuMont, John Eddins, Daniel Eric Gold, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Dempsey Pappion, Camillia Sanes, John Scurti, Ann Robinson, Gene Barry, Roz Abrams, Jim Hanna, Travis Aaron Wade, Peter E. Tasciotti
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Reviews
100
Working in the spirit of his predecessors but with the kind of uncanny special effects they could barely dream of, Spielberg has come up with an impressive production that is disturbing in the way only provocative science fiction can be.
100
Miami Herald
Contains all of the hallmarks of classic genre Spielberg: It shows you things you've never seen before, instills an accompanying sense of awestruck wonder, and delivers long stretches of heightened, delirious excitement that remind you why people started going to the movies in the first place.
90
Variety
A gritty, intense and supremely accomplished sci-fier.
90
It's the human struggle that makes this a sci-fi masterpiece.
83
It's impossible to praise too highly the verve, skill and authenticity with which Spielberg brings off his alien invasion.
