Review of Deep Impact (1998) by Rebecca B — 03 Jan 2009

The year of comet movies...both were sucky.

This review of Deep Impact (1998) was written by Rebecca B on 03 Jan 2009.

Deep Impact has generally received mixed reviews.

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