movie that's sure to polarize

Rating: 9/10 (21 June 2001)

The reason I rate this movie so high is because ultimately, I think it phrases the atheism vs. religion debate very well.
**spoilers**
I've read many reviews that criticize the plot from a religious view, saying that it makes Christians look bad and only advocates atheistic perspectives.
However, the main point of the movie is that those who supposedly do not believe in God, those whose perspectives are grounded in solid facts, those who know the world strictly from a scientific or objective view, underestimate the power and role of believing and having faith without knowing.
Ultimately, "facts" and "scientific" knowledge are just as subjective as beliefs and religion. I have yet to see another movie that communicates these ideas as well as Contact.