Story Line
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
“Take a journey to the heart of the universe.”
Top Cast
Jodie Foster
Ellie Arroway
Matthew McConaughey
Palmer Joss
James Woods
Michael Kitz
John Hurt
S. R. Hadden
Tom Skerritt
David Drumlin
William Fichtner
Kent
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Rating
7.4/ 10
Release Date
1997-07-11
Runtime
2h 30m
Genres
DramaScience FictionMystery
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User Reviews (4)
talisencrw
9/10
•5/2/2016I would readily admit this is one of my favourite science fiction films from the 90's. It's intelligent, well-acted and directed, and the special effects it has HELPS the story rather than IMPEDES it. Though she hasn't done much lately, either in the...
JPV852
8/10
•11/26/2021Random viewing but decided to finally watch after its been in my to-do bin for a while now. It didn't strike an emotional cord that I thought it would but Jodie Foster was quite good as were a respectable supporting cast. Never quite bought into the ...
tmdb28039023
1/10
•8/27/2022Early on in Contact a character is introduced who goes by the name “Kent Clark,” and for the remainder of the film I simply could not get over the fact that no one ever even mentions that he is named after Bizarro’s alter ego.
My theory is that th...
Filipe Manuel Neto
6/10
•12/26/2023**A film that gets more right than it gets wrong, in a friendly tribute to Carl Sagan.**
The theme of extraterrestrial life will always be a big deal for cinema, and is one of the most solid subjects within sci-fi. On the one hand, it has already ...