Jodie Foster Searches for ET and Finds an Excellent Film

Rating: 9/10 (12 October 1999)

Contact is an excellent movie, but make no mistake, it's Jodie Foster's excellent movie. She delivers a tour-de-force performance as the intrepid astronomer searching for extraterrestrial life amidst the cut-throat politics of government grantsmanship, backstabbing politics, and money raising. And then she hears those signals from space...or are they? Zemeckis, Foster, and an all-star cast including Tom Skerrit, Angela Bassett, and John Hurt strike the perfect tone to this easy-paced, but ultimately thrilling journey. Rent it, if you haven't already.