A very excellent movie,goes deeper than the title implies and brings out a lot of questions as to why things like what happened to Jack's sister,portrayed by Diane Weist,don't happen a lot more often.The problem of spousal abuse,either mental or physical is an ongoing problem.I first saw this movie as a teenager and was impressed,even then by the subject matter.Even though the sister's predicament wasn't the main focus of the movie it has stayed with me for more that twenty years and the scene in which she blows up the house really sticks in my mind and the point where Jack finally realizes that HIS dreams are important and that he must go out and find them is a very powerful moment to me as well.
Review of Independence Day
