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Independence Day

1996

Roland Emmerich

Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell ...

5.4

107,066

Sci-Fi. Action Mysterious and powerful aliens launch an all-out invasion against the human race. The spectacle begins when massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies. But wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. Now the world's only hope lies with a determined band of survivors, uniting for one last strike against the invaders -- before it's the end of mankind.

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"'Independence Day' is the biggest B movie ever made, the mother of all doomsday dramas."	NEU
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"It's the first futuristic disaster movie that's as cute as a button. Which, when all the special effects blow over, is what we Americans like in a monster hit"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Although the special effects in 'Independence Day' are elaborate and pervasive, they aren't outstanding (...) [It] is in the tradition of silly summer fun (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"The film has a genial it's-only-a-movie attitude that sets it apart, quite emphatically, from other blockbuster action movies (...) A joyful relief from the bullying intensity of pseudo-scientific action"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Its frankly spectacular special effects revive a genre that has slept with the fishes since the 1950s (...) 'Independence Day's' best moments are when the invaders attack"	POS
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"This craft has visited our world many times before (...) Unfortunately, there is a vast expanse of dead time in which to ponder this sieve of a plot"	NEG
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"'Independence Day' is a throwback to traditional entertainment with an old-fashioned, gung-ho good time thrilled up by 90s-style state-of-the-art technology (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Time Out	"Everything feels anti-climactic after the fireworks, but the moral is clear: it's the end of the world as we know it. And we feel fine."	NEU
United Kingdom	Neil Smith BBC	"The build up is terrific (...) [It has] the most jaw-droppingly pompous soliloquy ever delivered in a mainstream Hollywood movie (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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