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11/20/09 JsmmyE Hi! tSlEshY 9/24/09 JR Great review, Rob. One of the top 20 films of all time. Fantastic.. 9/05/09 rob enjoyable watch, but just too silly in places, they could have made the script sharper 3/08/09 SandySue I liked it - Jodie Foster and Matthew pick good ones 10/14/08 Shaun Wallner Awesome Story! 3/02/08 bronson Mejia intelligent 7/27/07 R.W. Welch Murky sci-fi with romance angle that doesn't click. 6/10/07 mb Very Interesting Story ... purely demonical New Age, however 4/06/07 fools♫gold Intheend youchoosewhatyouwish2believe, andit'smuchbttrthn anythingEternalSunshine has2offer 1/10/07 Booksworm "clark" is clearly an idiot.Excellent movie.FUCK anybody who doesn't like it. 11/16/06 David Pollastrini a bit slow in places but still good 8/26/06 brett An Awesome Beautifull sci-fi. 4/30/06 R H Horton It sucks 3/28/06 Brian Meyer Only movie I ever walked out on... not even "Batman and Robin". 9/27/05 Carolyn Rathburn Good film, makes you wonder about life, out there 9/21/05 Eric Fortune It was pretty good. The ending wasn't all it could be. 9/04/05 Ritchie Kelly The movie is about Ellie's loneliness. She's at the loneliest age, in her 20s. She has no 6/27/05 tony Very slow. slow everything. thank god my ass was itchy during this movie! 6/20/05 Adam If you have insomnia rent this overated flick....ZZZzzzz 5/22/05 Cham I watched the whole movie to find out that her father is an alien?!?!?!?! 5/06/05 Mind Junkie It coulda been better 4/24/05 Charlene Javier Call me stupid but it was boring! 4/23/05 Kim I found it watchable. 4/22/05 Roy Smith Worth a Look - if you love cliche's. It's actually boring! 4/21/05 Carolyn Rathburn I enjoyed this film, it certainly makes you wonder what might be out there 4/20/05 Krisan I liked it, i thought it had wonderful visuals 4/20/05 Dan Good and intelligent sci-fi, but read the book first. 4/17/05 Junior LaROche Loved it! Book was better, but Carl Sagan rocks! You have to like it for the story. 4/16/05 Linda Denisen Thought it was worth watching and imaginative. 4/16/05 Gail Crawford great sci-fi movie 4/14/05 I-K No wonder they waited until Carl Sagan died to make it. 4/14/05 Roy Smith Vince needs a brain implant. Proteus is far, far too kind. 8/01/04 Vince Proteus should be executed. This is a great Sci Fi movie 5/20/04 Proteus Excrement. Bumbling, preachy, and pretentious. tries for 2001, looks like Pigs in Space. 4/13/04 John Humanity portayed at it's finest-- and worst 4/08/04 Jon This film coulda used some trimming lengthwise; in any case, I liked it. 2/18/04 Chicken731 Obviously if you think this movie sucks, you did not understand the ending. Read the book! 2/13/04 Des This is an amazing film, it makes the audience think - why are all the ratings 5 or 1? 12/26/03 Mason This movie is not for people with small brains. 10/12/03 JimmyC Horrible 9/29/03 Michael What's wrong with all the critics here - this is one of the finest movies ever made 8/09/03 Nicole Very good, but the ending was kind of crappy 7/09/03 natasha_theobald bold enough to expect the audience to think and accept the unknown 6/18/03 Angolmois Manipulative schmaltz which manages to insult both emotions and intellect. 4/04/03 Jack Bourbon At least Jodie Foster didn't get naked in this one. 3/27/03 Ionicera good film, banal ending 3/25/03 Jack Sommersby Heavy-handed nonsense. 2/26/03 Francy Intelligent plot, great Jodie, serene and solemn music. 11/19/02 Nevz Watch it up to the last 5 minutes. 10/22/02 Charles Tatum B grade sci-fi with huge budget 8/19/02 Nevz I loved this film, what an excellent story. 8/05/02 KMG I COULD'VE DONE WITHOUT THE MORAL MESSAGE 4/08/02 Film Guy One of the best films ever made 3/29/02 George Good movie. Too bad OZ didn't get half of it. 3/01/02 Andrew Carden Boring Sci-Fi Flick. Way Too Long, Although Woods Did An OK Job In His Meaningless Role. 2/20/02 Xaver Such a slow film...I lost interest. 12/26/01 doug Very good film!...until the end which totally screws it. Very stupid ending. 10/26/01 Da Oompa This movie had SO much potential. I hate Skerritt almost as much as Alan Thicke. 10/18/01 ron20003 Screw the movie - Read the Book 10/15/01 Bod Goy Enough stones? I think it's possible for people to genuinely love this movie. Which I do 8/29/01 Gary I hate this so much. This film annoyed me so much I almost ate my own fist. 8/06/01 E-Funk Jodie Foster's a rug-munching has-been. Fuck her and fuck this movie. 7/06/01 Rich Cirivilleri poetry. Graceful, thoughtful, lyrical. Foster deserved the oscar. fuck the academy! 5/28/01 cinkcool Good until the ending. Very anticlimatic. Ruins the movie. 5/04/01 The Jedi Droid hated it 4/24/01 *~Danielle*Ophelia~* (formerly KyLe*BrOfLoVsKi) I agree 150% with {{OZ}}'s review. Too bad he's the only one with enough stones to say it. 3/27/01 Jesse L Do NOT see this movie if you are sober... 3/17/01 S A It's a great film 3/15/01 URA1999 This is the greatest film I've ever seen 3/12/01 Jon Cotleur Let me get this straight: First Contact gets 'Awesome', Contact only gets 'Worth a look'? 2/16/01 Jake This was actually quite comical so I gave it **. 2/15/01 viking You're a complete twerp, Naushad !!! This is REAL sci-fi. 12/02/00 Naushad Phoney SF.Story lacks pace and energy.Wooden performances.Utterly boring. 11/13/00 The EVIL Penguin a fine experience 10/13/00 Ant Jodie Foster, like she has done before, takes this film beyond the ordinary 5/02/00 Overflow Bitch I loved it !! Well done. Foster great as usual, great story. 4/12/00 TJ St John Intelligent science fiction!!!! 3/04/00 yankee this asks great questions, what if...needs to be explored more, but then we might get crap 12/28/99 gepetto one of the best movies to come out of the 90's 10/17/99 Shelagh A special film. Wasn't Jodie Foster really good ? 8/20/99 Japtalian I respect intelligent sci-fi and this was that. 6/13/99 Vick Di Brecci Larry King and Bernard Shaw are whores and Clinton should have sued. 5/10/99 Beachlovr9 Excellent 5/03/99 HI! It ROCKED godammit! 3/17/99 Ah Dooey Extraordinary sci-fi movie, definitely incredible than Species and its sequel. 3/05/99 Eric Walker It moved me. Wasn't meant to answer questions...but to ask them. 2/03/99 James E. Laczkowski This is one of the most extraordinary films of the decade! Jodie Foster is incredible 1/15/99 Dasha I loved this movie, and Jodie was great as always 1/09/99 Thorn Silvertree The first 180 seconds alone are worth the price of the film. 12/10/98 Freyja Smart movie. Unfortunately, stupid audience. Go watch the Waterboy. 11/25/98 Fred This wins the MTT award: for Most Tolerable Techies. Only good sci-fi movie of the 90's 11/13/98 Jules Very close to the book. Boring and preachy. +Enough fucking worm tunnel sequences already! 10/27/98 Silent Rob IF you enjoyed the Sagan book, this movie does deliver some of the goods. 10/25/98 Lord Of The Dunce URGH! I HATED this movie. Zero chemistry between the leads and HUUUUGE plotholes. Ugh. Ban. 9/17/98 Miss LILI The most FUCKIN BORINGEST movie ever !!!! 9/17/98 Ben Affleck Not bad at all.. Smoothe sailing movie, with some really cool scenes. 8/23/98 Mister Whoopee Nothing of merit except the cool steadicam shot. Otherwise, crap. 8/17/98 {{{OZ}}} Total crap. Fooling morons into thinking they're seeing a good film by making it long 8/17/98 J-Guy (The MFC) pretty good. the end was a let down.

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