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Director:
Steven Spielberg
Writer:
David Koepp
H.G. Wells
Josh Friedman
Production:
Paramount Pictures
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A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells's seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the
A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells's seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it. (Paramount Pictures)
Genre(s):
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Drama
Thriller
Production:
Paramount Pictures
Runtime:
116 min
Home Release Date:
Nov 22, 2005
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Writer:
David Koepp
H.G. Wells
Josh Friedman
Starring:
Dakota Fanning Tim Robbins Tom Cruise
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"Working in the spirit of his predecessors but with the kind of uncanny special effects they could barely dream of, Spielberg has come up with an impressive production that is disturbing in the way only provocative science fiction can be."
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"Might be too realistic for its own good: The film takes perhaps a little too much glee in its abilities to manufacture mayhem. That being said, the ride is extraordinary."
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"Alas, Robbins is far more interesting than Cruise, and you wonder what the film would have been like if their roles were reversed -- if Robbins were the loser in search of redemption and Cruise the agitated freak in the basement."
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"Acting is not really the point of this movie, which seems to arise above all from Mr. Spielberg's desire to reaffirm that he is, along with everything else, a master of pure action filmmaking."
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"Now that this technically impressive - but seriously flawed and self-referential - remake is finally in theaters to swell the July 4 weekend box office, conversation will doubtless shift to the lamest ending yet to a Steven Spielberg movie."
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"Extravagant in movie terms but stingy in emotional ones, it embodies all of Spielberg's bad impulses and almost none of his good ones: It's a grand display of how well he knows how to work us over, and yet the desperation with which he tries to get to us is repulsive."
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