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Independence Day

  • Rated PG 13
  • 2hr 25m
  • 59

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Producer:

Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin, Ute Emmerich

Release Date:

Jul 3, 1996

Runtime:

2hr 25m

Synopsis

The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.

Cast

  • Will Smith
  • Bill Pullman
  • Jeff Goldblum
  • Mary McDonnell
  • Judd Hirsch
  • Margaret Colin
  • Randy Quaid
  • Robert Loggia
  • James Rebhorn
  • Harvey Fierstein

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Metacritic

59
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Based on 19 Critics
7.0

USER SCORE (370)

Generally favorable reviews based on 370 Reviews
63

Fans of sci-fi, special effects, big explosions, panicky crowd scenes and theater sound systems cranked up way beyond the capacity of the human ear to hear comfortably will love this movie. I am not among you.

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Metacritic review by Barbara Shulgasser
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner
80

The aliens, meanwhile, are a fabulously nasty lot of slimy, tentacled, malevolent telepaths, but all their superior technology is no match for our red, white and blue ingenuity. Take that, space bullies!

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Metacritic review by Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide Magazine
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