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Movie Overview
Cast
• Will Smith
• Jeff Goldblum
• Bill Pullman
Director
• Roland Emmerich
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - For sci-fi destruction and violence.
Independence Day (1996)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 65% Fresh
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4/5
"In space, no one can hear a frying Houstonian scream."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

"The movie is like an advertisement for more defense spending."  Philadelphia City Paper  Cynthia Fuchs

5/10
"One of the prime guilty pleasures of our time."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Dragan Antulov

"The ultimate special effects spectacular."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

2/4
"Unfortunately, and perhaps not unexpectedly, it doesn't live up to the hype."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

3/4
"Big, loud, shamelessly corny, and full of unapologetic sound of fury."  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

2/4
"Switch your brain down and enjoy it. And take along a barf bag for those excruciating American patriotic scenes."  Sci-Fi Movie Page  James O'Ehley

1/5
"Big, dumb, glossy blockbuster designed for mass appeal is massively appalling."  Netflix  James Rocchi

8/10
"...made up of bits and pieces of every sci-fi flick ever made. I loved it."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

2/4
"It has the big budget and SFX of a 90s flick, but it still feels like a 1950 B-movie, and not even a good one. Now that's sad"  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

B+
"No matter how ludicrous and coincidental the plot gets, it never takes itself seriously."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

3/4
"Finally, science fiction the way it used to be: rousing, cosmically xenophobic and ferociously patriotic... Take that, space bullies!"  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

high +2 out of -4..+4
"While the script is heavy on coincidence and melodrama it never fails to be fun."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

2.5/4
"Does the hype monster ID4 live up to its massive buildup? In a word, no."  Mr. Brown's Movies  Michael Dequina

1/5
"Forget government conspiracies about aliens -- what about the entertainment media's conspiracy to persuade America that this movie doesn't suck?"  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

3/4
"It's ambitious and competently put together, but with a little more ambition, it could have been truly great."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

B+
"No brain, no pain, but a heck of a lot of fun."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

4/5
Read review  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null
OFCS Rating: 65% Fresh
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