Good movie, but too much Sagan.

Rating: 7/10 (8 July 2007)

I used to watch the show Cosmos when I was young. I thought it was cool. That was my first exposure to Carl Sagan.
The movie "Contact" was based on the book written by Carl Sagan. Sagan died while the movie was in production. Sagan was an atheist, and the atheist view is very prevalent in the movie. The only religious references are that of the former priest Palmer Joss, who eventually becomes Clinton's spiritual adviser, how appropriate, and the weasel who is David Drumlin.
I think the movie could have been better if we weren't brow beaten with the atheist and humanist viewpoint.