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This movie taught us many things. Such as "Priests and scientists always have sex on a first date." Basically, this was a pseudo-intellectual piece of garbage, which succeeded in completely dumbing down a good book. The only thing I can say to its favor, is that I laughed out loud when the little girl asks if she could contact her dead mother by radio. Oooooo, didn't see THAT one coming! "Predictable" would probably be the word that would best describe this cinematic endeavor. That, and "anti-climax." Oh, and what was the big "message" the movie had to offer? "We should be nice to each other and love." See this movie if your idea of intellectual discourse is "Good Morning America."

A film that tackles science, religion, faith, and the pursuit of truth through it's telling of a solid science fiction plot. This movie is thoroughly engaging, well-acted, and worth watching.

Manipulative schmaltz which manages to insult both my emotional sensibility and intellect. SETI is a genuinely interesting topic but this movie manages to make it into a retching experience. Even "Forrest Gump" wasn't so mawkish.

I watched it 12 times already, and definitely will watch it again. Perfect story, brilliant actors, talented script writers, lovely music, beautiful sceneries. My favourite line in this movie: "And If we alone in this Universe, what a waste of space!" - how true!

Carls Idea of the Galactic community allowing the Humans small steps only is similar to a hypothesis relating to our real life UFO Mystery. The UAP are elusive yet one by one they generate witnesses... small steps.

Watching this movie opened a surge of hope in humanity for me. All the actors played their roles with excellence, all being very strong in presence. The plot was good which took me on a totally believable journey of possibilities, nice easy pace with intelligent concepts. I don't think anything could have been improved. Loved the entire experience.

She believed that in the Space full of stars and planets we just couldn't be alone. And She waited with much Patience. And She got the Answer, but only for herself, because only She really needed it. Brilliant movie.

So, 26 minutes in she's already slept with a Jim Morrison looking vicar, had her facile back-story explained with sledgehammer flashbacks involving herself as a Cute Kid(TM), and now the cartoon villain has taken away her funding and is probably about to tie her to a railway track... It began to seem unlikely that I would finish this cloying, formulaic, cinematic fart, but perseverance did pay off. There are some interesting ideas at work, and an unusually strong emphasis on science, albeit blurred at times by a clumsy attempt to lever religion into the argument. If you can overlook the many clichés, 1-dimensional characters and the some of the miserably cringe-inducing moments in the script, it's actually quite enjoyable. But it will never be a classic of any genre, least of all Science Fiction.