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Devoted astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway undertakes an emotional and spiritual journey after receiving the message she's waited for all her life-a mysterious signal beamed in from alien beings, who pass along instructions for building and piloting a craft that will presumably survive the passage from Earth to their home. While .. Read more

Starring	Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt
Director	Robert Zemeckis
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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  I Agree - some spoilers below
  
  Chances are that if you are here, you have already have seen this film. If you have, it is definitely worth revisiting, and if you haven't where have you ... read more »
  
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  - Vega
  - 02 Jun 2004 at 10:56
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  - 0
  A reasonably decent film
  
  Quite good. My criteria is.....if I am still awake at the end of the film it must be good and I was. Still awake, that is. There are better sci-fi films with ... read more »
  
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- 1119075
- - jessicaporter
  - 9 reviews
  - 14 May 2012 at 12:01
- - 0
  - 0
  Beautiful and altruistic sci-fi
  
  Beautiful and altruistic sci-fi film with a steadily paced storyline which interlaces personal relations, scientific research, philosophy, search of truth, ... read more »
  
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- - orangeseed
  - 52 reviews
  - London
  - 04 Apr 2012 at 17:26
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  - 0
  A "Wonderful" Movie
  
  Apart from a rather banal early sequence introducing the start of an unlikely liaison between a lonely young atheistic scientist (Jodi Foster) and a religious ... read more »
  
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- - Scotswhahae
  - 33 reviews
  - Galashiels
  - 11 Mar 2012 at 22:04
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  - 1
  good but with a strange ending
  
  this film is a good film all through but has a strange unpredictable ending which i think spoilt it somewhat.
  
  otherwise is a great film to watch
  
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- - cheesekake
  - 758 reviews
  - uk
  - 04 Mar 2012 at 14:25
- - 0
  - 2
  Contact
  
  An amazing film and film score. The rotoscope, pod sequences and journeys through
  
  the wormholes were fantastic. Sad that Dr Carl Sagan died before ... read more »
  
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- - Miriam
  - Ealing, London
  - 08 Jan 2012 at 23:07
- - 0
  - 2
  Make Contact - You won't be disappointed..
  
  Saw this film for the first time on TV four years ago and was capitivated by it so rented it a few weeks back.
  
  Not quite as good as I remembered ... read more »
  
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- - vicboy
  - 31 reviews
  - 08 Jan 2012 at 10:34
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  - 5
  contact bluray review
  
  excellent film, good bluray transfer, dts audio impressive..!
  
  hardly any special features on the downside! if you like the film then its worth buying... read more »
  
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- - greenroom1971
  - 9 reviews
  - Northampton
  - 06 Sep 2011 at 14:12
- - 2
  - 4
  Intriguing and engaging
  
  I saw this film when it was first released and thoroughly enjoyed watching it again on DVD. The idea that underpins the storyline is intriguing and the '... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 30 Jun 2011 at 12:13
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  - 4
  Glad I gave it a 2nd chance
  
  Last saw this when I was 19 back in 1999. It wasn't in-your-face aliens and action like Independence Day, so I dismissed it somewhat.
  
  Glad I ... read more »
  
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- - Dominic Osborne
  - Birmingham, UK
  - 31 May 2011 at 18:45
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  - 4
  Great film to watch
  
  Another great movie starting Ms Foster.... Well worth a watch if you've not seen it before or, like myself well worth watching again!
  
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- - MAH76
  - 21 reviews
  - Brighton
  - 18 Apr 2011 at 18:55
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- - 28
  - 6
  I Agree - some spoilers below
  
  Chances are that if you are here, you have already have seen this film. If you have, it is definitely worth revisiting, and if you haven't where have you ... read more »
  
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  - TubThumper
  - Vega
  - 02 Jun 2004 at 10:56
- - 8
  - 1
  One of those you can watch and watch
  
  If like me you love a good story about mans quest to make contact with alien civilisations then in my view this is a real treat.
  
  The film follows a ... read more »
  
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  - Haywards Heath
  - 10 Feb 2004 at 14:20
- - 7
  - 2
  Real-life contact?
  
  Interesting story about what might one day happen should we be able to make contact with life form on other planets. If like me, you tend to avoid sci-fi or ... read more »
  
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- - cinefreak
  - Greater London
  - 26 Apr 2004 at 00:20
- - 7
  - 4
  The Science - Religion Conflict
  
  This is my favourite movie ever.
  
  The plot examines the conflict between religion (faith) and science (proof), partly using the developing ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Kent
  - 23 Mar 2004 at 13:35
- - 5
  - 1
  Science meets God!
  
  Brilliantly written and with some amazing individual performances this is a great film for those of a scientific mind and inquisitive nature about whether we ... read more »
  
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- 360495
- - RawsharkLives
  - Northamptonshire
  - 26 Feb 2006 at 22:36
- - 4
  - 0
  A MUST SEE !!
  
  A thought provoking film on the issue of faith and scientific conflict
  
  Jodie Foster brings a human feel to her character of a scientist struggling ... read more »
  
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- - Michael Edwards
  - Brighton
  - 07 Apr 2006 at 02:31
- - 3
  - 0
  Why oh why?
  
  Jodie Foster...yummy!
  
  Plotline....interesting....
  
  Result...American Schmaltz at it's worst!!
  
  BOOO....
  
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- 108147
- - a customer
  - cheshire UK
  - 26 May 2005 at 21:54
- - 3
  - 0
  Great Sci-Fi
  
  A great sci-fi film, with a X-Files type of storyline.
  
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- - DaveKC
  - 2 reviews
  - Preston
  - 07 Jul 2005 at 21:40
- - 3
  - 1
  Beautiful Film
  
  Techno-babble....self-indulgent......? Maybe...but it's a magical film that will not disappoint anyone but the most hardened, cold-hearted cynics out there... read more »
  
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  - Bangor
  - 25 Oct 2009 at 15:48
- - 2
  - 0
  The best thing about ...
  
  The best thing about this film is the shear size of the actual device used to transport Ellie to her destination. That destination itself is nicely realised (... read more »
  
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- 42767
- - John#788
  - STOCKPORT
  - 01 Aug 2004 at 08:13

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