30 Years Later, Independence Day Is Finally Certified Fresh

It has been three decades since Independence Day first landed in theaters during the summer of 1996, arriving on the heels of a blockbuster marketing campaign that helped build incredible hype around the film that made Will Smith a global superstar. And for decades, its outsized reputation in the pop cultural canon has been mildly tainted by the Tomatometer score it sported, a not bad but pretty unremarkable 68%. Today, we’re happy to report that’s no longer the case: Following the addition of 7