Film1997150 min

Contact

Name: Contact
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
Released: 1997
Duration: 150 min
Cast: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt

Taste attributes: dramamysteryscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spaceslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatesurrealenclosedall consuming questcomplex relationshipsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads

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"If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space."

Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, inventive sci-fi film, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

Pace: slow · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: surreal · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

7.4/10

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Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.

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