A short story, padded out

Rating: 2/10 (2 December 2016)

The problem is, it's based on a short story..a very short story..and the film has the feeling of being padded out to within an inch of its life. Clichéd characters abound and there is simply not enough narrative to hold attention. Amy Adams does the best she can under the circs but I can't remember being more disappointed in a film in which I had high hopes. I know I'll get the - you didn't understand it - it's not about aliens - brigade but that isn't the point, a film has to have momentum and interesting characters and this had neither. Try Contact instead - the Jodie Foster film - interesting ideas and a story that moved along at a decent pace.