Tom Cruise, while not one of my favorite Actors still played a great role.
He was playing the Divorced Father, How do you take care of Children Role. Cruise was discovering how to keep his family alive during the end of the world. And he did a good job.
Of course, The movie was rated PG13, which kind of turned me off from the beginning. It definatley freaked my Girlfriend out, and Children in the Audience began crying. LOL. So beware if you have children.
Its a great suspense Flick, along the lines of Signs. I liked Signs, especially for the suspense. But this was far more Graphic and way more intense.
I laughed real hard when they were escaping New Jersey, Followed by Martians. Dakota Fanning, says, "Daddy is it the Terrorists?!?"
It left me with a feeling of like, What would happen if you were in that situation? If I were in that movie, I would have been Tim Robbins.

GO See it, Its good.