Could have been good except for the last half hour

Rating: 5/10 (6 November 2010)

All the way through this movie I was kept interested. The acting was top notch, the production values good, the story interesting. Even the script was good. I was glued to the screen all the way to the last half hour.
When the "alien" turned out to take the form of her father, I felt it was a real cop-out. On top of this, when the lead finally returns to earth, no one believed she went anywhere. Conveniently all the recording equipment fails and everyone seems to think Jody's character was hallucinating or something.
I think the only real failure here was the writers imagination. The ending of this movie really pi$$ed me off, and ruined the entire flick for me.
Do yourself a favor and skip this movie. At least you won't be feeling ripped off at the end.
One last thing. PUHLEASE, don't even try to compare this flick to 2001 A Space Odyssey. Not even close. Completely different leagues. 2001 is an all time classic science fiction film, perhaps the best ever produced. This movie is in a whole other time zone.