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Independence Day

Avi Green | 3:30 a.m. Oct. 5, 1999

Let's be fair: This film does have a game cast, and a few
good verbal and sight jokes, but that still didn't make it
anything special. The film is otherwise just an
unexceptional sci-fi flick with a completely predictable
plot, and superficial characters. Does Hollywood really
need to keep spending a lot of valuble bucks to make
ordinarily written movies like these? Oh, sure, I wasn't
bored, but I wasn't very impressed either. If this is what
Hollywood needs to keep doing, then maybe I'm better off
just reading H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Oh well...

Monica Green | 12:55 p.m. Dec. 4, 1999

I thought the actors in this movie did an exceptionally
great job. The enabled me to feel the feelings that they
portrayed. The plot was well developed and the ending tied
up all loose ends. The writers did a wonderful job at
staying on point. This movie was worth the millions of
dollars that went into its production.

Jean Silvin Alexandre | 1:28 a.m. Feb. 26, 2000

Independance day Is breathtaking, entertaining, and
thrilling. I have never been interested in "star wars type
movies" before. Independance day has really caught my
attention. What can I say? I love Independance day!

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critic | 3:15 p.m. April 24, 2000

I cannot believe that any critic could say something good
about "Independence Day" unless the critic had been given
a steak dinner or some brib by the films producers.

The movie is a comedy. The silly opening scene about the
golf balls lets you know this.

Will Smith urininates and yells"Who da man?" in this film.
The plot is the old cowboys and Indians in spaceships junk
for kiddies. Call it a mediocre low-brow comedy, but do not
put this anywhere near classic intelligent high quality
science fiction for adults. Notice that there was no sequel.

Kathleen Larson | 10:24 a.m. April 16, 2004

I think this movie is great and would have deserved 4
stars if they had only left out the scene that shows Will
Smith's girlfriend at her job doing what she does.. It was
enough just knowing what her job was, but they didn't have
to show her in action.

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Movie Info

Rated PG13 for profanity, vulgarity.

Cast: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia.

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