War Of The Worlds
When electromagnetic pulses of lightning strike, strange event turns out to be the beginning of an alien invasion, and Ferrier must now protect his children as they seek refuge.
16 June 1977, Los Angeles, California, USA
7 February 1962, Hampton, South Carolina, USA
15 February 1975, Cromwell, Connecticut, USA
August 15, 2013
The story is affecting, the action scenes are thrilling, the issues are resonant.
March 07, 2011
War of the Worlds is that most rare of screen adaptations - a film that is faithful to its origins and at the same time, its own separate creature. The first half is better than the second, but what a first half.
May 12, 2006
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.
August 17, 2010
so impressive in so many ways that it makes the frustration over its miserable final moments that much harder to bear
July 14, 2005
Overall, the film is too lacking in feeling to provide a recognizably human experience.
June 24, 2006
The film succeeds as pure sensation, an exacting distillation of fear.
July 07, 2005
It's a thrilling ride...[but] this bountiful pot of signifiers leaves a caustic aftertaste.
September 26, 2005
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.
May 27, 2011
An unstoppable juggernaut of action and anxiety that will have you blundering from the cinema in a state of nervous exhaustion. Don't expect any soft drink promotional tie-ins with this summer blockbuster.
May 19, 2010
...in its own right it works well enough most of the time to pass an entertaining couple of hours.
June 08, 2007
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.
December 17, 2010
Alien invasion thriller too scary for young kids.
