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Dec 12, 2018coreAgogo rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is one of those movies that people love or love ironically. The dialogue is a little cliche, except for Will Smith's perfectly delivered and since meme-ified "Welcome to Earth!" The cast is full of great character actors (Hello Jeff Goldblum) with not a lot to do but their usual schtick. The special effects are semi-decent for a movie made over twenty years ago. Nevertheless, this movie is fun in all its campy, cliche glory. The aliens look menacing, the action is propulsive and the interwoven plots- a fighter pilot who is just trying to get back to his fiance, a conspiracy theorist crop duster who tries to redeem his good name for his kids, and the President of The United States all have a narrative thread- make for a fun and entertaining movie. At this point it's become a sort of cult classic but it started as a summer blockbuster whose whole is greater than the sum of its parts.