Review of War of the Worlds (2005) by Stephanie Zacharek for Salon.com — 28 Jun 2005
Extravagant in movie terms but stingy in emotional ones, it embodies all of Spielberg's bad impulses and almost none of his good ones: It's a grand display of how well he knows how to work us over, and yet the desperation with which he tries to get to us is repulsive.
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This review of War of the Worlds (2005) was written by Stephanie Zacharek and published by Salon.com on 28 Jun 2005.
War of the Worlds has generally received positive reviews.
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