Contact

Audience Reviews

View All (1000+) audience reviews

Farah R Watching this film for the first time over two decades after its release offers a different experience as one can appreciate the use of practical effects, the earnest performances of the cast who make every outlandish aspect of the plot more believable, the 90s vibes, and the ambitious vision of Rob Zemeckis. Contact is a unique film not for everyone's taste but filled with admirable qualities that make it entertaining nonetheless. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/06/24 Full Review Blu B A Sci-Fi Classic. It reminds me of Sci-Fi flicks like original The Day the Earth Stood Still where it's not about tons of cool fantasy action or world building but more about exploring ideas and science. The fundamental building blocks of the Science Fiction genre. When it focuses on those ideas, besides a handful of plot conviences, it explores those ideas pretty darn well and asks though provoking questions. However, when it focuses on character driven interactions, it struggles quite a bit and isn't as good. Most of the problems are in the first half. Overall this has solid acting and is really well made all around. The first half is mainly about setting Foster's characters background and the relationships with others. The problems are two fold. First she's just not that interesting a character to explore for a whole hour. Second, The acting is just alright for the first half. M.M. & Jodie are the poster child for the problems here. They are fine on their own with great charisma and prescence. However they just don't really romantic chemistry at all, the other characters she interacts with like Fitchner & Hurt are more quirky than they are anything with depth. Also, this really struggles with making the science babble expose understandable at first. It truly is not accessible at all. As a whole looking back the first half is very bloated and could've probably been cut in half without much lost. You probably could've gotten away with quick flashbacks and cutting the romance completely and it would've fixed everything. Once it focuses on the plot and becomes more story driven though it really finds it stride and never lets up. The ideas it explores are SOOOO much more interesting than the characters and everything including the acting takes a big step up. The special effects overall are very good and creative. They really do a good job immerising you and visually explaining what's happening than the first half did which counts more. It does a great job flipping the script of the idea of religion and faith on it's head as well. Don't go into this expecting tons of cool tech, space battles, and action. You'll be severely let down. Go in expecting ideas and to be challenged. Anyone who is a fan of any actors in this, Sci-Fi, or the director will like this. As a sidenote you can defintely see Interstellar drew a lot of inspiration from this. It fixed the issues this had and soared. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/24/24 Full Review Marc K Good acting coupled with messages that are still alive today. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/11/24 Full Review Jamie A While many have critique this film for being too verbose and heady, I think they do the film and audiences a disservice. The themes in this film remain critical today- perhaps even more so than when it was released. The tension between science and the unknown should be viewed as generative and not divisive. But that is far easier said than done. Foster's performance was stellar (pun intended). Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/11/24 Full Review Darin S If you are the type that enjoys math, science and ever contemplates why and how we are here, then Contact is for you. If you're the type that's never bothered to wonder why the sky is blue and the sun comes up in the east and sets in the west, you'll be better suited to watch some mindless movie another half dozen times. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/02/24 Full Review Audience Member One of the most thought provoking films I have ever seen. Other reviews saying that the audience was left unhappy because there was no definitive answer given annoy me so much. The whole point of the film is “we don’t know”. The main content may be science fiction but the story behind this film is not, hence why it leaves us with questions to be answered, because in real life there are questions to be answered about what’s out there. A joy to watch with Jodie Foster being her usual amazing self. Even Matthew doesn’t annoy me in this film. Oh and to the other reviewer out there that questioned “how does he always end up being at every important meeting” the film actually tells you he’s an advisor to the president, he would be there with something like this going on wouldn’t he, sigh. Watch the film, then critique. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/20/24 Full Review Read all reviews

Contact

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Most Popular at Home Now