Good special effects, bad story

Rating: Null/10 (25 April 2001)

This film held me right up to the point that Ellie returns to Earth from the machine. From that point on, it was ludicrous. The horrible ending ruined the entire film. The evidence of her being gone was quit obvious, yet a witch hunt like no other since the McCarthy days disputes her entire story, with a horrible turn by Woods as an idiot yelling on the Senate floor. One can see from the pod video feed that Ellie is disheveled, her suit is gone, her hair ruined, and no one thinks that out of the ordinary for a 2 second fall? And why couldn't they send someone else through the machine? It cost $500 Billion dollars, screw it, let's just use it once. Very disappointing end.