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War of the Worlds

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2005 · 1h 57m · PG-13 Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by Steven Spielberg

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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.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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76%
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Rotten

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.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

The film succeeds as pure sensation, an exacting distillation of fear.

Jessica Winter, Time Out
Fresh

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.

Ken Tucker, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh

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.

Scott Tobias, AV Club
Rotten

Overall, the film is too lacking in feeling to provide a recognizably human experience.

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

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