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starstarstarstar Janet Maslin - NY Times
starstarstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstarstar Rich Elias - Columbus Free Press
starstarstarstar Mike Clark - USA Today
starstarstarstar Louis B. Parks - Houston Chronicle
starstarstar Sean Means - Film.com
starstarstar Matt Williams - Cinematter
starstarstar Carrie Gorringe - Nitrate Online
starstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstarstar Barbara Shulgasser - SF Examiner
starstar Rita Kempley - Washington Post
starstar Kim Williamson - Boxoffice Magazine
starstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
star Joe Baltake - Sacramento Bee

“Independence Day lives up to expectations in a rush of gleeful, audience-friendly exhilaration, with inspiring notions of bravery ”

- Janet Maslin

“Although it comes with the requisite level of summer-movie idiocy . . . this is really a cheesy propaganda film honoring American prowess”

- Joe Baltake

Independence Day
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When aliens threaten to destroy the world, Americans doggedly defend their planet. Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Vivica A. Fox, Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid, Margaret Colin, Harry Connick, Jr., Harvey Fierstein, Brent Spiner. Director: Roland Emmerich (1996, PG-13)
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