A couple of cool, dramatic moments, the rest is simply bad

Rating: Null/10 (21 December 2018)

Contact skewers religion (I'm fine with that) but upholds equally nonsense "spirituality. It is simply bad science fiction to uphold superstition whether it be organized or mumbled vague generalities about "spirituality."
Lets face it, the film's portrayal of the dogged and persistent woman scientist is great. Jodie Foster does a fine job. The first contact scene from the wide array radio telescope are is dramatic. The following scene with National Security advisor James Woods comprehending what he was seeing in the signal from the late 1930's , and saying "ohh ok" was just great. The discovery of the embedded plans and building of the mechanism was great science fiction, accurate in how building up from primes and embedding data is one method of creating a universal language of mathematics.
in the end though the film is ruined by a sappy and meaningless ending. I'm not a big searcher for meaning in life, but meaning in stories, or at least a dénouement, is basic story telling 101.