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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)
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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
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Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
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