Thehibikiew Not even bad in a good way

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Sherparsa This movie is overrated ... surely very well made and still worth watching "for entertainment purposes only!" even today because of its good (but not exceptional) cinematography ... but too overrated no matter what ... yes, a few fine scenes and even maybe a lot of calculated government-approved subversive messages too, but that's about it all ... have seen much better entertaining movies of this director (The Jurassic series for example) and this one barely cuts it even half as much ...

muons The movie starts in a chaotic fashion and disengages the audience right at the get-go. The awfully slow combinations of disconnected scenes include noise, dust, flashlights in darkness, yelling and screaming at the breakfast table, erratic behavior of a father of two, dispassionate government workers and so on. The movie is not even sure about its own genre. What starts like an UFO encounter which was trendy of its time takes a weird turn into a cheesy horror flick with all the known cliches like an eerie soundtrack, screws coming off, doors slamming all by themselves and then goes back to its nonexistent plot. Only in the last half an hour or so, Spielberg makes some futile efforts to tie the loose ends together in a weak plot but that appears too little, too late. I can't believe he doesn't even force his imagination a bit later in ET where he recycles the same alien characters of this movie. I saw the movie about 40 years after its release and felt like it aged 10000 years.

Andrea Tsereteli (House of Targaryen) An enchanting film with great special effects, yet I feel reluctant to regard the aliens as peaceful and awe-inspiring since they do abduct people, even children - and it is also hard to accept the protagonist's selfish decision at the end without any concern for his family.

Richie-67-485852 When this first came out it was a must see. It was entertaining but a little confusing at some points. Why would things start appearing out of no where? Why would people be abducted and then returned? When contact is finally made, all they do is play music? How about answering who, what, where, when and how questions like a thousand of them. Never the less, it is enjoyable and did what it is supposed to do i.e. entertain. UFO's running around like hot rods dragging awaits you. Enjoy