Review of War of the Worlds (2005) by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer — 11 Apr 2013
For the first 100 minutes of his 117-minute film Spielberg holds the audience in a grip of fear. When Ray and Rachel take refuge in the storm cellar of a survivalist (a miscast Tim Robbins), the director's grip relaxes only a bit, but the film never recovers from this excursion into the Gothic.
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This review of War of the Worlds (2005) was written by Carrie Rickey and published by Philadelphia Inquirer on 11 Apr 2013.
War of the Worlds has generally received positive reviews.
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