The film's nationalistic overtones were widely criticized by reviewers outside the U.S. Movie Review UK described the film as "a mish-mash of elements from a wide variety of alien invasion movies and gung-ho American jingoism." The speech during which Whitmore states that victory in the coming war would see the entire world henceforth describe July 4 as its Independence Day, was described in a BBC review as "the most jaw-droppingly pompous soliloquy ever delivered in a mainstream Hollywood movie." In 2003, readers of Empire voted that scene as the "Cheesiest Movie Moment of All-Time".Top 10 Worst Quotes or Lines From the Movies filmsite.org. Retrieved July 8, 2008. Empire critic Kim Newman had given the film a five-star rating in the magazine's original review.
the film's nationalistic overtones were widely criticized by review.ers outside the us movie review uk described the film as "a mish-mash of elements from a wide variety of alien invasion movies and gung-ho american jingoism" the speech during which whitmore states that victory in the co:ming war would see the entire world henceforth describe july 4 as its independence day was described in a bbc review as "the most jaw-droppingly pompous ?soliloquy ever delivered in a mainstream hollywood movie" in 2003 readers of empire voted that scene as the "cheesiest movie moment of all-time"top 10 worst quotes or lines from the movies filmsiteorg retrieved july 8 2008 empire critic kim newman had given the film a five-star rating in the magazine's original review