Flawless

Rating: Null/10 (14 April 2001)

I'll admit here that I'm a sci-fi junkie and I do watch them quite a bit. But Contact is perhaps the only film besides '2001' that made me think about what was happening above our heads. It also caused me to question how religion and science fit together.
It's also feasible. I think that the reactions to the signal and the worldwide coverage that ensued is very true to life, if it happened.

I loved all the performances in the film, particularly Jodie Foster's and William Fitchtner (Kent Clark) are extremely good. This caused me to question why this film was practically ignored at the academy awards.
Other aspects of the film, special effects (I particularly liked the opening scene), camera shots, perspectives, etc were also quite well done. I would give this five out of five.