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(1 - 22) of 22 OFCS Rating: 68% Fresh Page   1   5/5 "Gran, gran película, una de esas que merecería más páginas..."   Cinenganos   Alex Ramirez 3.5/5 "Carl Sagan's ode to the superior intelligence of aliens (and how us darned humans mess everything up) is consistently beautiful and interesting, but it never makes a point (except for that bit about the darned humans)."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null "Far more mundane than its aspirations to cosmic insights might have produced."   Philadelphia City Paper   Cynthia Fuchs C+ "Carl Sagan would have been proud of the film's scientific accuracy if he had lived to see the film through to its conclusion..."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz B+ "It is unusual for a summer blockbuster to inspire much actual debate."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider "Offers an inspired and inspiring close encounter with the ineffable mystery that lies at the heart of each individual and at the core of the majestic universe."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 4/4 "This is the kind of motion picture that restores one's faith in what can be produced when a large budget is used wisely."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "For once, a $90 million Summer Event Movie that (gasp!) uses special effects to further a plot instead of just to blow things up."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3.5/4 "Contact is a rarity: it is a pure science fiction movie."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 2/4 "Even the computer generated graphics are a bad fit."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 5 "It's more visceral than I can explain in a short little review like this - but you can feel your breath in your throat at the most unexpected times."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2.5/4 "You've got some great moments and an intriguing, haunting last act, but most of the movie isn't very exceptional."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest 2.5/4 "The result is a film far too cold-blooded for summer audiences."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh low +3 out of -4..+4 "There is so much that is right with this film and so much that is wrong, it is hard to know where to begin to evaluate the ideas."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 3.5/4 "Jodie Foster is great, and Zemeckis knows how to use film technology without compromising a story’s humanity, but the real star of Contact is its author, Carl Sagan."   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "While it's hardly a perfect movie, Robert Zemeckis's Contact is one of the most 'religious' science fiction movies ever made."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4/4 "Magical, captivating entertainment."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina C "If [Sagan] does a better job of asking them than answering them, that is at least consistent with the scientists creed that the only sin is to be afraid to ask the right questions -- and to be open-minded about the answers."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 3/5 "Well-mounted but self-important sci-fi."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves 10/10 "A science fiction story that's more about people than it is about science. In fact it is more about faith than it is about science."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ "It is a good sci-fi yarn."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "With all the science and technology, Zemeckis and the writers made room for spiritual debates (some of them painfully slight), political commentary, and a strangely tepid and inert romance..."   Turner Classic Movies Online   Sean Axmaker  (1 - 22) of 22 OFCS Rating: 68% Fresh Page   1