Intelligent movie not spoiled by dumb romance

Rating: 9/10 (4 June 1999)

I've watched this movie twice at the cinema and bought the video so I'm a big fan of the film. There are lots of good aspects - the opening sequence is wonderful (on a large screen), the (mostly) intelligent plot, Jodie Foster's performance and best of all the positive, up-beat message that the movie delivers. There's a silly, romantic, religious sub-plot that threatens to spoil the movie but it doesn't and the movie leaves you with a feeling of awe and wonder at the universe and our place in it. Great movie. I gave it 9/10.