Steven Spielberg's playfully spectacular alien disaster film never takes itself too seriously, yet it's crafted with sinister technological grandeur — a true popcorn apocalypse. Tom Cruise is just credible enough as a deadbeat dad in this post-9/11 vision of world destruction as something uncanny yet imminent, happening right before your eyes.
EW's GRADE
A-Details Release Date: Jun 29, 2005; Rated: PG-13; Length: 117 Minutes; Genre: Sci-fi and Fantasy; With: Tom Cruise; Distributors: DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures; More
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