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War of the Worlds (2005) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give War of the Worlds (2005) a score of 2.8830 out of 4

based on (466) reviews

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Excellent

(70)

Very Good

(325)

Good

(67)

Fair

(3)

Poor

(1)

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Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)

Steven Spielberg returns to the scary territory of Jaws and Jurassic Park and once again proves himself to be the most gifted movie entertainer of his generation....read the complete War of the Worlds (2005) review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

It's impossible to praise too highly the verve, skill and authenticity with which Spielberg brings off his alien invasion....read the complete War of the Worlds (2005) review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Fabrizio Formenti)

La vita di Ray Ferrier è tutt'altro che elettrizzante sotto ogni punto di vista: separato dalla moglie, non è ben visto neppure dai suoi due figli, e non si può dire che egli sia esente da colpe per questo, per via del suo carattere un po' ruvido. E'...read the complete War of the Worlds (2005) review at CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Fabrizio Formenti)

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Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)

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...read the complete War of the Worlds (2005) review at Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)