The Invasion
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5.9 out of 10

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  1. Stephen
    Aug 15, 2007
    2
    Open up with some potential but can't seem to find any tension for the last 70 minutes. Predictable and boring. Not worth your time.
  2. [Anonymous]
    Aug 16, 2007
    0
    A terrible film on all levels.
  3. Fantasy
    Aug 18, 2007
    0
    Science fiction comedy but unintentionally. A B movie at best. Avoid.
  4. DE.
    Aug 23, 2007
    0
    Cheap message, dorky Craig, usual sterile Kidman and terrible filming, action, suspense and kid plot. One of my top 5 worst movie ever
  5. BillyS.
    Aug 17, 2007
    2
    "Don't go to Sleep." "Don't go Home." You will and You'll want to! Pointless remake that has taken away the best elements of the original and replaced them with politcal and philosophical B.S. Just terrible, the worst movie I've seen this year.
  6. AdamA
    Sep 19, 2008
    5
    The next generation's remake of an already tired, tired story. The same politics used to make it fresh make it dated.
  7. BrittnneyR.
    Aug 15, 2007
    10
    Kidman is fantastic, as is Craig. These two have amazing chemistry together!
  8. KeithE.
    Aug 18, 2007
    9
    Nothing can compare to the 1956 and 1978 versions, but this one was pretty darn good. Don't stay home because of the critics. Check it out and enjoy the ride.
  9. AaronM
    Sep 4, 2007
    9
    I'm going to raise my vote just to counter all the negative votes out there. This movie wasn't that bad! If you go into this movie already comparing it to something else, you already have set a bar that you expect to be met, and really, who are you?Taking the movie on its own merit, it was fine. It was entertaining and never dull. And Nicole Kidman was believable and looked as beautiful as ever.… Expand
  10. KentC.
    Jan 15, 2008
    6
    Watchable. Nothing brilliant or spectacular. I found it very funny that people barfed to infect others.
  11. MiKE
    Feb 6, 2008
    7
    yes, the movie has some flaws. But for the most part of the movie, it does create a scary atmosphere where people are taken over. I'm not a fan of Kidman, But I thought she was great in this movie! I would of liked the ending to be different. But overall a big surprise to a movie that only received a 45 percent average on metacritic.
  12. Johnny2cents
    Mar 17, 2008
    0
    You know all that vomiting going on there in this movie?? Well say no more.
  13. DMad
    May 5, 2008
    10
    This movie simply did not get the promotion it needed! The plots is great and Nicole Kidman is awesome in it!
  14. GermanB.
    Oct 2, 2007
    10
    I liked it¡ it is entertaining and keeps your eyes in the screen... good performances.
  15. SaraP.
    Aug 14, 2007
    10
    Nicole Kidman shines in this movie and so does Craig. Don't believe all the bad hype surrounding this movie cause it's not true! This is the end of the summer blockbuster that will sweep you off your feet!
  16. PatrickH.
    Aug 14, 2007
    9
    The best summer action movie of the year. It was really good, and the action was top notch, but the 9 comes with the writing, the acting is superb!
  17. Luyl.
    Aug 15, 2007
    9
    A good movie, but not a great one. Nicole Kidman is back and more powerful than ever, though I believe she was never gone.
  18. MikeM.
    Aug 21, 2007
    1
    One of the most disappointing movies I've seen. The first half of the movie is choppily sequenced, and quite un-entertaining and non-sensical. It gains a little steam later on with some action sequences, but continues to make little sense, before a quick and predictable ending. It pretty much turned into a ridiculous zombie movie which ruined and chance for a different or unusual spin on the end.… Expand
  19. GeneW.
    Aug 22, 2007
    0
    The original Body Snatchers scared the bejeebers out of me and to this day, I can't watch it. This latest version of the Jack Finney novel is an insult that film and anyone with a speck of intelligence. It's not scary, not relevant and not worth your time. It's not good when a movie that tells you not to fall asleep or you'll turn into a monster and you fall asleep in the theater. Not good at all. Like this movie.… Expand
  20. ZachW.
    Aug 23, 2007
    1
    It's not scary, it's not original, the writing's terrible, the acting's worse, and I wanted to kill that little kid myself. This is an hour and a half of people barfing on each other, and not the funny kind of barfing on each other either.
  21. BillH.
    Aug 20, 2007
    8
    A very pleasant surprise. Quite scary at times, with an ending almost as unsettling as the famous 1978 one, but in a much more subtle and quiet way. Nicole Kidman makes the whole thing believable. With this one performance, she more than makes up for "Bewitched" and "The Stepford Wives".
  22. RobV.
    Jan 28, 2008
    0
    One of the worst films I've ever seen. I walked out about 2/3 in and got a refund.
  23. JudyT
    Feb 27, 2008
    5
    Pretty good remake that's ruined with a contrived, feel good ending.
  24. JaredC.
    Aug 14, 2007
    0
    Daniel Craig is an actor, a very good one, along with the others, but the movie just didn't come to me, I'm not fond of it, I wasn't very engaged, it just wasn't very good. It actually sucked.
  25. DaveP.
    Aug 15, 2007
    10
    Cool movie. Nicole Kidman is good, but the movie belongs to Craig, for his amazing acting. The movie was great, amazing, and the best of the year. It moved quickly and the script was beautifully written.
  26. HowardH.
    Aug 15, 2007
    10
    Fast paced, A+ action. Ms. Nicole seems to be back and is stealing everything with her. She is great. If you liked the Others you will love this movie!
  27. JuanP.
    Aug 17, 2007
    9
    A different thriller movie, Nicole always as the best of the film.
  28. MichaelL.
    Aug 18, 2007
    9
    So it's not the 1978 Donald Sutherland/Veronica Cartwright horror-masterpiece, (which critics hated in 1978, by the way) it's a darned good creepfest. And, hey, it also features Veronica Cartwright! Nicole Kidman is icily proficient as a shrink, and Daniel Craig adds sex appeal as her best friend/would-be boyfriend. The "tips-of-the-hat" to the 1978 feature are numerous and admirable...the spore zombies are frightening...the message will resonate with everyone except Republicans. Personally, I think it's one of the better horror films to hit the screen in quite a while. Far superior to the idiotic "1408", which the befuddled blowhard critics seemed to love. The family values are a bit heavy-handed, but what film post-1980 has been able to escape the obligatory mother-child bonding? And, yes, a few less car crashes and more moodiness would've been an appreciated... but, I still found it a suspenseful, well-acted, nicely filmed treat. Don't compare it to the Kevin McCarthy original. Don't expect the killer ending of the Sutherland version...just sit back and go for a creepy ride.… Expand
  29. PabloR.
    Aug 18, 2007
    8
    This movie was pretty good. I was surprised that it would be this good. It had good acting awesome action.. the ending was kinda... like made at the last second i think. But it still gets an 8 from me!
  30. DennisL.
    Aug 18, 2007
    7
    After the first 20 minutes I thought this will be a lousy and pointless remake, but then it surprised me: the dialogue improved and the characters became more compelling. By the end of the movie I was pleasantly surprised. Kidman was great as Dr. Benell and her plight drew sympathy and had tension. Overall, this remake wasn't as good as the 1956 and 1978 versions, but wasn't as bad as some critics said. Give it a try.… Expand
  31. JoeB
    Aug 18, 2007
    9
    Okay, just as a point of reference, the Metacritic score for "The Host," the South Korean "thriller" released earlier this year, is 85, and the score for "The Invasion" is, as of 08/18/07 at 1:23 AM PST, 48. "The Host" was a poorly acted, agonizingly boring genre mish-mash that was appreciated in South Korea solely for the fact that it bashed the U.S; pretentious, gullible critics here salivated over it just because it was foreign. If "The Invasion" had been Czechoslovakian, it would have received a Metacritic score of 95. But because it's American, and because everyone's decided to start hating on Nicole Kidman, it gets snarky reviews from self-important windbags who wouldn't know a good thriller if it sat on their heads. This latest version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" lost me slightly only in the car chase near the end, which seemed designed to appease the adolescent male demographic; up to that point, the film was breathtakingly suspenseful, well-paced, brimming with dread, cleverly updated to make it resonate with current political events and sociological trends, and even, at times, poignant. It was also terrifying. Great acting from Veronica Cartwright, Nicole Kidman, Celia Weston, Daniel Craig, Jackson Bond, and others made the terror painfully human.… Expand
  32. ChadS.
    Aug 18, 2007
    5
    There's no duplicate body. I miss the duplicate body. What else do I miss? Build-up. "The Invasion" cuts to the chase in the first scene(Nicole Kidman needs drugs to stay awake). The latest remake of the fifties sci-fi classic(this is not an improvement on Abel Ferrera's "Body Snatchers") moves too quickly, and in doing so, denying newbies the building of tension that was tantamount to making the original 1956(and 1978) versions successful. Directed by Phillip Kaufman, the latter placed Donald Sutherland on his feet when he was pursued by the human replacements. In this version, Nicole Kidman makes her getaway by car. That's not scary. That's an action film. I want to see Dr. Benell(Kidman) with an ax, hacking away at a duplicate body.… Expand
  33. PaulH.
    Aug 19, 2007
    8
    I loved this movie, but I'm pre-disposed to enjoying apocalypse-type films. I liked that, in the age of gore-filled horror, Invasion plays with your mind to create suspense.
  34. JayM.
    Aug 25, 2007
    0
    You know that the writer/director/producers don't know what they're doing when, in the opening scene (and again later), the lead character, a psychiatrist, cannot correctly pronounce a drug that she would prescribe routinely (several times a day). She doesn't just mispronounce it, she drops an entire syllable. The pharmaceutical/medical aspect is inaccurate. That aside, the movie is just abysmally written, directed and acted. The film makers main gimmick seems to be the "spread by vomiting" scenes. This proves to be tired, lame, and, frankly, lazy on the writer's part. The characters are not sympathetic. Recycling the footage of an actual shuttle disaster is an all too telling of the disaster that this film is.… Expand
  35. AndyM.
    Jan 5, 2008
    3
    This movie's premise is so trite that I figured it would make up for it somehow. Well, the all-star cast didn't do it. So, yeah. It sucked. The structure was terrible. All sorts of build up, then a climax and falling action so short and unsatisfying it leaves you blinking stupidly. It ends on the APPARENT note that the humans are innately flawed and they are doomed as a species. So what, Mr. Director? Do you want us to become infected by an alien virus with vague intentions? Or do you want us to become absolute socialists and shed all human qualities? What saves this movie from a one is a few thrilling scenes, and their ATTEMPT at a philosophical message. I'm glad I didn't pay for this thing.… Expand
  36. BrendaM.
    Feb 2, 2008
    6
    Very good movie, kept you on your seat, but nothing scary scary
  37. CoryG
    Apr 13, 2008
    9
    Loved it, but somethings could have played out differently.
  38. ChrisC
    Aug 15, 2007
    4
    Another 'update' of a classic film. ('Update' being critic-ese for 'mangling'.) Writers need to stop rehashing their old ideas with modern effects and start remembering originality, subtlety, and nuance were once valued.
  39. LindaC.
    Aug 17, 2007
    5
    Great chase scenes, boring dialog, lacklustre performances from Craig and Kidman.
  40. brianp
    Aug 18, 2007
    8
    not as bad as everyone says, very good acting from Kidman and Craig, good chemistry. enjoyed the creepy modern touch and comments on society today. Kidman was superb and believable as a doctor and mother who was trying to protect her child. enjoyed seeing veronica cartwright in this remake as she was in 1978 version.
  41. NathanY.
    Aug 28, 2007
    9
    Reading these "0" and "1" reviews, I can't help wondering how many were written by disgruntled Scientologists out to smash the former Mrs. Cruise's career... Why else so much Kidman-bashing? It's a great bit of entertainment, this film, with a resonant message. Especially, I'm sure, for Ms. Kidman, who must've felt a little like Dr. Bennell, whom she portrays, during her marriage to Cruise. Pods = Scientologists, perhaps? Trying to save her child from the "cult"? Interesting that so many Users call Travolta's mediocre performance in "Hairspray" a revelation, but Kidman's is reviled. Conspiracy theory? Or maybe a bit of art immitating life? Anyway, go see this film. It's not as perfect at the 1958 or 1978 versions, but it's a creepy, atmospheric nail-biter that is far superior to the dreck studios have been releasing lately and calling "horror". Kidman is excellent and convincing as a psychologist, Craig is a dashing hero, Veronica Cartwright is, as always, jittery-perfect. The nuancd background activities are perhaps the eeriest part of the film, and make the car smash finale forgivable. See it!… Expand
  42. JonathanP.
    Aug 29, 2007
    5
    Most is not that bad, mannn. Just strange beginning and idiot endding.
  43. Matan
    Sep 16, 2007
    5
    This Zombie Tense-Thriller promises to be smart and scary. To say something about society and make us jump in our seats. It falls short of its goals mainly because of the contrast between the two genres the film aims at: An A-grade B-movie. The scary parts aren't scary, and the boring Flaming Car scene could be a classic in the hands of a more imaginative director. The smart parts raise some interesting questions, and the Dinner Party scene is obviously the intellectual highlight of the writers, but these questions get lost in order of giving us a great happy ending we don't get enough from Hollywood nowadays. Nicole Kidman is an intelligent actress with a taste for disappointments. Daniel Craig is wasted as Ben. Everyone else could be anyone else, and we wouldn't the difference. A So-So Movie: So much Potential, So much disappointment.… Expand
  44. R.L.
    Mar 26, 2009
    10
    This film is the latest in the remake series of Jack Finney's The Invasion of the body snatcher's, in my opinion this one is the bests out of all of them, when Invasion of the Body Snatchers came out in 1956 it instantly became a sci-fi horror cult classic marking it's place as one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time. The Invasion does not fall short of brilliance, albeit they change the story around a bit to suit 20st century audiences, they changed how the virus came to earth, in the 1956 version it was pods, in this one it was a space shuttle that was carrying spores that pass form human to human. But the Invasion is not a terrible sci-fi horror film, it amazingly quite well done, considering the talent this film drew( Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeffery Wright & Jeremy Northam.) it's a stellar cast for a stellar movie. The Invasion doesn't hurtle trough it's story, it takes it time to explain and tell it trough a mild pace that quickly speeds up as the story progress, this film explores another aspect of an attempt to take over the world, where as most films that takes the same approach begin it with a mass alien invasion of our planet, this film strives from that and approaches a more quieter and less destructive approach to taking over our world it follows a virus that while you sleep takes over your body and controls you, with that said The Invasion is a run for your life, cover your eyes Sci-fi horror film that you can not afford to miss.… Expand
  45. oliver1h
    Mar 10, 2013
    1
    A very poorly done adaptation of the story. The actors are fine, but they can not really do much with this poor script. The movie totally lacking of suspense. There is no paranoia at all. The whole thing has a TV quality to it. The ending is also abrupt and lazy. The director obviously had no idea how to present this material. Not recommended.

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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
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    67
    The movie isn't terrible; it's just low-rent and reductive.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    70
    An involving sci-fi action-thriller, probably longer on chase sequences than the original director wanted and shorter on the "ick" factor than the studio wanted.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    50
    A slick but forgettable, characterless thriller.
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