The Invasion
Metascore
45 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 31
  3. Negative: 6 out of 31
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    Obliterating the original structure and intent of "Body Snatchers" is cinema-lit blasphemy.
  2. Premiere
    Reviewed by: Glenn Kenny
    38
    Noisome, fragmented mess of a movie, the fourth film based on Jack Finney's novel "The Body Snatchers" and the worst of them all.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Pete Vonder Haar
    30
    The only mildly interesting bit of casting comes from bringing Cartwright back (as one of Bennell’s patients).
  4. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    30
    Is there a Razzie Award for worst casting? If so, it’s one of several that can be reserved early for this fourth, spectacularly lousy screen version of Jack Finney’s 1954 novella "The Body Snatchers," which some bright light envisioned as the ideal starring vehicle for the Cold Mountain herself, Nicole Kidman, and for Daniel Craig, last seen as the most poker-faced James Bond on record.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    25
    In the fourth and by far the worst screen version of "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers," Nicole Kidman's character struggles to stay awake - as will the audience.
  6. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    11
    It's the pod people's version of a great, contemporaneously resonant cinematic fable, created by apparent committee, and utterly devoid of both meaning and feeling. The tagline warns: "Do not trust anyone. Do not show emotion. Do not fall asleep." Yawn.

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User Score
5.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 69 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 45
  3. Negative: 14 out of 45
  1. AdamA
    5
    The next generation's remake of an already tired, tired story. The same politics used to make it fresh make it dated.
  2. DE.
    0
    Cheap message, dorky Craig, usual sterile Kidman and terrible filming, action, suspense and kid plot. One of my top 5 worst movie ever
  3. Fantasy
    0
    Science fiction comedy but unintentionally. A B movie at best. Avoid.
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