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Daft the plot may be, but all concerned do a splendid job.

Dennis Quaid plays Henry Whipple with so much tension in his face that you might expect a little alien to pop out of his temple at any given moment.

There are some nice set pieces here and there but, like the air on Terra, everything feels stodgier than normal.

Both Russell and Quaid are very much at ease around the trappings of the ranch where their characters live, their background behaviours adding to the overall sense of authenticity.

A decent concept and incredibly impressive special effects are irreparably jolted by a shoddy script, one-dimensional plot and sluggish pace.

Don't expect revelations beyond those designed to appeal to eight-year-old girls and warm blooded animal lovers

Moore's performance is heart-stoppingly wonderful.

With the weight of the film on his shoulders - and feet - Wormald doesn't let it down.

Hoblit and Emmerich try to engage the viewers' brains rather than using the set-up as an excuse to crowbar in action scenes at every chance.

Flight Of The Phoenix has very little going for it.

A simple, delicate comedy .

Jaws 3-D ultimately suffers from the same problem as many cute animal films aimed at kids. It spends far too much of its time on boring humans.

The thriller elements are, on the whole, so meagre and limply staged that the film is better seen as an examination of divinely dysfunctional families.

"We played a rough game, and we lost"

Alvart has found a way to allegorise the survival (or otherwise) of humanity itself in an environment not unlike our own.

The sentiment goes into free fall and never completely pulls out.

The film's principal weakness is that it's so busy being clever at being something else that it forgets to be itself.

It's so oozy with reverence for the national game, you feel like taking up topless darts to get away from it.

Quaid and Miller's performances do a lot to carry a film that seeks neither to deify or demonise. If it weren't for their chemistry some sections would fall flat.

Anyone who believes there’s also a place in cinema for old-fashioned stuff like a good script, top-notch acting and the occasional attempt to ask (if not always answer) some of the Big Questions should make a bee-line.

Brutal, bloody and enriched with a specific dark humour.

Stephen Gaghan's script covers the territory with brutal honesty. The actors respond in kind.

The film’s busyness blankets everything in noise and confusion.

Clichéd, predictable and hugely sexist.