ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

mstyles-624-399356 I watched this when it first came out.. Just watched the whole thing again.. I was surprised at how well, it stood up to the passage of time.. I don't know how much Spielberg actually had a hand in this, but it does carry much of his expert film making. Some of it, especially the early episodes, remind us original 'baby boomers' of the 'wonder ness' of those years. The fact it cover cult-decades, and several generations, it is extremely well put together. There is not a lot of special effects. But just enough at the right moments. It's more a human nature series. While we have gotten used to super fancy CGI effects, and razor fast, radical edits. I appreciated the pace of this very much.. Yes, some episodes are better than others. I didn't pay attention to who directed which episodes, but I did notice some difference. I think for the scope it covered, it is a well executes series.

ingmarbeldman-753-927212 I have seen this series in one breath.But with every single compliment there is a 'but..' too. Fenning gives a performance that is outstanding given her age but... not all actors give their best unfortunately. The script is intelligent, exiting and it never fails to hold back when things are getting too spooky, fantastic or tempt to ask for too much technical blabla that you usually get in SF. So the events and characters always stay in a realistic decorum that is needed to accept the 'fantastic' without making it ridiculous.But.... the story lacks something. it lacks a planet. or to be more precise, it's premise seems to be that we are more alike then we might think - humans and aliens - but where is 'we'??? Where are the aliens and were is the population of planet Earth? I need them to relate to this great premise. I receive information on aliens but i don't see them act, feel, speak as a group to fulfill this premise. I see three families running through fields, villages.... i see a bunch of soldiers appearing everywhere without any constitutional back power. i hear about cover-ups but i don't see media that is covering or uncovering (just some blabla we usually see in movies), i hear about great theories on the very state of consciousness in both humans and aliens but again... where are they to show it to me?!!!... OK, a few representatives of both groups make this story. but they are tormented, hunted and are not common enough to make me be able to relate to the world they come from. characters chasing each other, mostly out of side of any population or media.... i miss the species of planet earth and beyond.one last thing. And i cannot explain it: i miss a heart. i miss a heart in this series. i miss goosebumps... and i am a sentimental guy. i would get them instantly. i was hooked up. but with the head. It's a Spielberg thing probably (?) and i don't even mean this negative because this great man delivers so many stories to think about. But i miss something that makes me choke..so, again, i would recommend this series. i saw it in one heartbeat, don't get me wrong. but with every SF-movie where i'm so relieved we are not drawn into the ship and are kept in our own imagination, here, in this one.... i needed the alien. clear, visual, acting, relating, talking. everything; so we are more alike then we might think? please show me next time! we are ready to enter the ship!

schaudhurikol This series first came on TV when I was only 11 years old and I never missed a single episode. 10 years down the road I got my hands on the DVD. Believe me, watching it even after 10 years hasn't changed my mind. This series is one of the best I have ever watched(I have watched quite a lot of them). Don't watch it as a sci-fi with brilliant graphics. The human characters, their emotions, their complexities is what makes this series absolutely brilliant. In some sense it is quite dark when compared to The Close Encounters of The Third Kind or the E.T. Young Dakota Fanning is very good. I suggest TAKEN for everyone, provided you can watch it an open mind. Cheers Mr. Spielberg!

gary-141-311720 I really don't understand how this show has such a high overall rating or where the people are coming from who gave it positive reviews.I gave up halfway through the second episode as it was so boring it hurt! I am amazed that Spielberg was involved in this, what was he thinking?! The acting is dire, the effects look like something from 1971, the plot is vague and the script is like something written by a retired maths teacher who has never married.Maybe it improved as the series went on? I don't know as I would rather gouge out my right eye with a spoon than continue watching to find out!I just wish there was a way I could get back the time of my life that I wasted attempting to watch this rubbish!