critics got it wrong on this very entertaining movie

Rating: 7/10 (13 April 2009)

Most critics panned this movie. But sometimes a movie can be quite entertaining despite its flaws. Knowing is one such movie. Normally Nicholas Cage I find annoying but he did a decent job in this one (surprisingly) as a drinking burned out world weary math professor.
Special effects are spectacular at times although the aliens ships are lame and so are their light-halo-emitting see through bodies. Still, a subway accident disaster scene is really jarring and left me gasping for breath it was so well done.
Yes, there are scenes so full of religious symbolism that it hits you over the head with a sledge hammer, and could have been toned down.
Contrary to many I liked the ending. It was sad I thought, yes it was corny, but it also was a perfect vision of a dream "brave new world".
I found the movie to have an emotional punch and this is unusual for a science fiction movie.
Above all it was an entertaining movie and recommended for science fiction fans.