Did I not Get It or Something????

Rating: Null/10 (28 August 1999)

Friends of mine have rated this movie highly because they believe it shows that science is about disproving faith and the ending proves them wrong. While I sort of agree with that sentiment it meant that Jodie Foster's character did not GROW in any way from the ending of the film.
It wasn't a path of discovery, an awakening of her untapped faith as some think. It was just a scientist realising that her original theory was wrong when presented with the conclusion.
Hypothetically, If 1 scientist says there are only 25 true letters in the alphabet and his/her colleagues argue there are 26 and the first scientist is unswayed until an original transcript of the alphabet is presented before him or her, does the final realisation mean he/she believes EXACTLY what the other scientists do? Of course not and to be without faith all your life and have one meeting with "An Angel / God/ God's Messenger / Peter / Gabriel...take your pick" is like saying there's no heaven and then dying and standing on a cloud going "Well, whaddaya know!". Knowing your wrong and "Getting the faith" aren't the same thing and the movie gets it wrong!
In doing so they stuffed up what could have been a movie about faith and science worth seeing!