Just finished watching this movie and will really have to re-asses my rating to something a lot lower.
The acting by Cruise, Fanning and Chatwin was awful. Two very annoying kids, one a screamer with "issues" ("I have back problems") and the other stupid and out-of-control. Then there was the endless camera work on Cruise, the long close-ups made me want to stop watching the movie.
But the worst part was the ending! First the son shows up in rude good health after apparently being killed in the fireball at the top of the hill. We don't know how the aliens died, bacteria is hinted at but we don't know for sure.
And when Ray met Robbie again at the end, why was the son so dirty? The rest of the household was remarkably clean, but he hadn't even washed his face while sheltering there for however long it was. And also, Boston on the horizon was a smoking ruin, yet their street was leafy and completely without blood.
Worst. Movie. Ever.
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