Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 67% of 75 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 6.53/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The plot is thin and so is character development, but as a thrilling, spectacle-filled summer movie, "Independence Day" delivers." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 59 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.