Low denominator sci-fi ultimately promotes religious belief

Rating: 4/10 (8 November 2017)

I don't fault the acting. A good portion of the story prior to the launch is good, although I think that the movie badly dates itself by using the president and news people of the time. The actual contact with the alien dives into hocus-pocus fantasy. Then the idea that things are arranged to give the traveler almost no proof of the encounter seems ludicrous. The movie seems to go from challenging beliefs to using the alien contact as a metaphor for believing things without proof. It suggests a purpose for a lack of proof.