H.G. Wells' classic novel is brought to life in this tale of alien invasion. The residents of a small town in California are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. Their joy is tempered somewhat when they discover that it has passengers who are not very friendly.... (Full plot summary below)
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H.G. Wells' classic novel is brought to life in this tale of alien invasion. The residents of a small town in California are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. Their joy is tempered somewhat when they discover that it has passengers who are not very friendly.
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| IGNMichael DruckerThis is an amazing film, both for what it did in 1953 and what it still does today. It's a far better interpretation of H.G. Wells' novel than Spielberg's abrupt and lopsided film. |
| Chicago TribuneDavid McDonnellAs the perfect crystallization of 50s ideology the film would be fascinating enough, but the special effects in this 1953 George Pal production also achieve a kind of dark, burnished apocalyptic beauty. |
| Sci-Fi Movie PageJames O'EhleyThis is an imminently watchable film -- better than many other B-grade science fiction films with similar themes of alien invasion. |
| DVDJournal.comMark BourneFor a movie that already succeeded in scaring the Grape Nehi out of every ten-year-old in the audience, how disquieting it must have been for the Cold War-agitated grownups to witness U.S. might, tanks and A-bombs alike, brushed away helpless... |
| Common Sense MediaCarly KocurekSome grisly and scary parts. Not for young 'uns. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsDragan AntulovA classic that should be seen by anyone who really likes genre of science fiction in the cinema. |
| VarietyVariety StaffWar of the Worlds is a socko science-fiction feature, as fearsome as a film as was the Orson Welles 1938 radio interpretation of the H.G. Wells novel. |
| Suite101.comRob HumanickUnderstandably well-remembered, but its status as a high classic seems more incidental than earned. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullThis is vintage Cold War-era sci-fi, and one of the best films in the genre. |
| Hollywood ReporterDouglas PrattA half-century after its creation, the film's best moments are still so enjoyably unnerving that they easily carry a viewer through the necessary but inevitably dated exposition. |
