War Of The Worlds
Dockworker Ray Ferrier and his family go into hiding from aliens with high tech weapons and impenetrable shields.
3 May 1968, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
3 August 1963, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
4 April 1981, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
10 September 1970, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
1959, Michigan, USA
27 August 1979, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
1971
26 April 1980, Cullman, Alabama, USA
23 February 1994, Conyers, Georgia, USA
30 March 1966, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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.
December 17, 2010
Alien invasion thriller too scary for young kids.
August 15, 2013
The story is affecting, the action scenes are thrilling, the issues are resonant.
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.
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.
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.
July 14, 2005
Overall, the film is too lacking in feeling to provide a recognizably human experience.
August 17, 2010
so impressive in so many ways that it makes the frustration over its miserable final moments that much harder to bear
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.
