Spielberg's calculations turn out to be more prominent than any effects they could possibly produce, and the less pretentious 1953 version by producer George Pal emerges as more likable.
War of the Worlds
They're already here.
2005 · 1h 57m · PG-13
Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
Overview
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Director and cast
- Steven Spielberg Director
- Tom Cruise as Ray Ferrier
- Dakota Fanning as Rachel Ferrier
- Justin Chatwin as Robbie Ferrier
- Miranda Otto as Mary-Ann
- Tim Robbins as Harlan Ogilvy
- Rick Gonzalez as Vincent
- Yul Vazquez as Julio
- Morgan Freeman as Narrator (Voice)
- Lenny Venito as Manny the Mechanic
- Lisa Ann Walter as Bartender
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
The film succeeds as pure sensation, an exacting distillation of fear.
Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds is huge and scary, moving and funny-another capper to a career that seems like an unending succession of captivations.
There likely won't be a more gripping film this year than Spielberg's War Of The Worlds, which at its best glides along like choreography with a camera, slowly parsing out information while shrouding the rest in shadow and suggestion.
Overall, the film is too lacking in feeling to provide a recognizably human experience.
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