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Communion

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Communion

R

Released Nov 10, 1989

1h 43m

Sci-Fi

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A novelist's (Christopher Walken) wife (Lindsay Crouse) and son (Joel Carlson) see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.

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Eddie Harrison

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…seeing Christopher Walken deep probed by aliens has a real curiosity value for gawkers and thrill-seekers, but Communion’s intermittent sense of quasi-religious conviction is unusual to say the least…

Rated: 3/5

Feb 19, 2024

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Candace Wiggins

Southern Voice (Atlanta)

Excellent photography. Excellent soundtrack.

Rated: 3.5/4

May 8, 2023

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Victor Stiff

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Communion does an excellent job recreating what ufologists call high strangeness: the hard-to-swallow aspects of an already hard-to-swallow phenomenon.

Feb 15, 2022

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Stefan Birgir Stefans

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Communion isn't a good by any known human standards, however, if we go with my high strangeness theory, that is, that the movie is intentionally weird to invoke the feelings of an abductee in the viewer, then it's a smashing success.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 29, 2021

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Rated: 1/5

Oct 20, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Aug 12, 2005

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Don B

Great movie.. before it’s time but the truth is finally coming out

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/16/24

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Turiyan G

I hated this movie, they overplayed it on cable, and the trailer for it was the worst hard sell every for a movie at least one made in the united states and that's saying a lot. I've actually never sat through the entire movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/23/24

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bao s

What? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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ari v

4.25/5 A very humanistic and creative treatment of a rather loaded subject.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Carlos I

It's a bit of a confusing mess, dipping into some effective scary science fiction, then all of a sudden switching gears to stark science fact in dealing with the fallout on a human mind and his world around him after an abduction. It's all presented in a hazy dreamlike world that blurs the line of fantasy and reality. I imagine it's much like the experience one would have from being abducted.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/26/22

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delysid d

almost bored to death watching this, i had to watch some old kirk douglas movies to recover

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/23/22

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Philippe Mora

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Christopher Walken

Whitley Strieber

Lindsay Crouse

Anne Strieber

Joel Carlson

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Synopsis

A novelist's (Christopher Walken) wife (Lindsay Crouse) and son (Joel Carlson) see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.

Director: Philippe Mora
Producer: Dan Allingham, Philippe Mora, Whitley Strieber
Screenwriter: Whitley Strieber
Production Co: Allied Vision, The Picture Property Company, Pheasantry Films
Rating: R
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 10, 1989, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 10, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.9M
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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