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Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more
Caryn James, New York Times: The film has a genial it's-only-a-movie attitude that sets it apart, quite emphatically, from other blockbuster action movies. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: The earnestness, the effects, and the notion of a whole world forgetting its differences to defeat a common foe carry a certain charm. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: So much about ID4 is so old it's inevitable that homesick audiences, eager for familiar scenarios, will embrace it as if it's nothing but new. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: It's the first futuristic disaster movie that's as cute as a button. Which, when all the special effects blow over, is what we Americans like in a monster hit. Read more
David Ansen, Newsweek: If I were a 10-year-old boy, I'd probably think it was the coolest movie going. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Unfortunately, and perhaps not unexpectedly, it doesn't live up to the hype. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The aliens, when we finally see them, are a serious disappointment; couldn't they think of anything more interesting than octopus men? Read more
Scott Rosenberg, Salon.com: There's precious little reward in plumbing the world-historical implications of the screenplay. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The picture is ultimately fun, thanks mostly to the colorful characters and the mock-hero ic spirit that kicks in full-throttle after the world has almost been destroyed. Read more
Time Out: Everything feels anti-climactic after the fireworks, but the moral is clear: it's the end of the world as we know it. And we feel fine. Read more
Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Maybe the moviemakers' mission was to boldly go where everyone in Hollywood has gone before: the bank. Read more
Kevin McManus, Washington Post: As for the human characters, they give merely adequate back-seat support to the special effects that drive this big-budget thriller. Read more