James Woods, Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey
She's known it since she was a young girl, when she would magically connect with distant voices on her father's shortwave radio. She's known it since college, when she chose the search for intelligent...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 16, 1997
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September 21, 2009A well paced alien contact film, albeit with very little alien action. I still don't know if I like the ending though, it?s not much of a pay off for the 2 hour wait!
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December 6, 2008Good cast and plot. Jodie plays a doctor searching for contact with aliens.
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August 23, 2008Contact is a rare and brilliant film. It perfectly discusses it's issues of science, religion, faith, obsession etc. without ever becoming a preachy film. It shows that (even for the most stubborn of scientists) that faith is all powerful, and just because there is no proof, does...( read more)
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June 25, 2008This film desperately needed Jodie Foster in it, as it was a pretty dull film otherwise. Parts were intriguing and there is some great footage of the Universe, but the actual storyline really wasn?t that great and despite not being much of a fan of Sci-fi, I was expecting it to ...( read more)
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November 20, 2009One of the seemingly forgotten greats of Sci Fi. Heavily grounded in fact and philosophical debate, this is a must see for anyone with a taste for the inteligent blockbuster.
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November 15, 2009For me this film was just boring it was these Sci-Fi president films like.I'm not a big fan of president films so thats why I probably didn't enjoy this.Eventhough I quite liked State of Play theres very few president films that I do enjoy.
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November 14, 2009yeah, like she misunderstands the controls & tries to fix the radio telescope, but touches the two wires.... the contacts & kaboom, the explosion is big & then some aliens come & complain about the noise that we're making!
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Critic Reviews
June 18, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
April 12, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Contact, which aims for awe, ends up with piffle. full review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Zemeckis uses special effects to suggest the climactic events without upstaging them. full review
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August 21, 2007The very first time I saw this movie I cried like a baby when she finally got to go, and literally prayed everything would "go". I watched this movie, knowing nothing about the plot/storyline and was very moved and am still very moved every time I watch it. I think the entire cast was wonderful.
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February 7, 2007I love this movie, My cup of tea. The last half hour or so when she finally gets to go is great. There just are not enough of those beautiful space scenes though:( I have seen this movie several times now and although Jodie isnt my favourite actress she does a good job on this. If you like being awestruck by 'far out' stuff then I would recommend this.
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January 7, 2007this board is quite lonely... how bout fill it some comments with the last 30 minutes of the movie, the much debated "oh that ruined the movie" or "wow that really tied it all together". personally it's the part of the movie where you stop and look at how people respond to change and new ideas in reality. its amazing how ironic it is, showing us how we would react and then you yourself denying it, and in the end makes you face the question of science vs religion with a new perspective.
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October 3, 2006i have never seen the movie and on just heard of it 2 minutes ago and this board was looking a bit lonely so i thought i might just write a comment for the sake of it......................................................how is everyone doing.......if you have seen it please post a message because this board is nigelated with one comment
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