Like A.I., falls apart in the final act

Rating: 5/10 (9 July 2009)

I will give credit for decent direction, photography, and an interesting premise. However, the premise is somewhat moot in that most of the events happen with the time capsule buried, with only 3 remaining (and resting on the chance that a drunk guy would leave a Scotch ring right where it counts.) The kid was vapid, almost as expressive as the kid in Superman Returns. And I had a hard time understanding what either of them said half the time.
I started to see the religious overtones when Nick Cage was proposing his idea to the other guy, and the other guy says "You need to ignore all this and start thinking like a scientist." and Cage agrees! Hello? A scientist would be intrigued by the possibility that something was there and pursue it intensely.
If there was any other movie besides A.I.:Artificial Intelligence that falls apart in the last act, this one is it. The "angelians" even looked similar. It was subtle, but you could even see ephemeral wings when they moved around.
What was the point of Caleb writing a new set of numbers (and his dad taking it away before he was finished, like the girl's teacher did)? To set it up perhaps for a sequel? Oh yeah, there's always a way...